The poplar NRT2 gene family of high affinity nitrate importers: Impact of nitrogen nutrition and ectomycorrhiza formation

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-88

  Willmann, Anita ^c   Thomfohrde, Stefanie ^a   Haensch, Robert ^b   Nehls, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nitrate; Populus tremula tremuloides; Transport

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECTOMYCORRHIZA; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; NITRATE; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AMANITA; AMANITA MUSCARIA; POPULUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84906944878     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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