Nitrogen nutrition, its assimilation and remobilization in diverse wheat genotypes

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 531-538

  Kaur, Gurpreet ^a   Asthir, Bavita ^a   Bains, N S ^a   Farooq, Muhammad ^b,c,d  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll content; Nitrogen amino acid; Nitrogen assimilating enzymes; NUE; Protein

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84930349481     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17957/IJAB/17.3.14.539     Document Type: Article

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