Measuring fluxes of mineral nutrients and toxicants in plants with radioactive tracers

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 90, 2014, Pages

  Coskun, Devrim ^a   Britto, Dev T ^a   Hamam, Ahmed M ^a   Kronzucker, Herbert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Ammonium; Compartmental analysis; Efflux; Environmental Sciences; Influx; Issue 90; Net flux; Potassium; Radiotracers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906765907     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51877     Document Type: Article

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