Nitrogen limitation alters biomass production but enhances steviol glycoside concentration in stevia rebaudiana bertoni

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Barbet Massin, Claire ^a   Giuliano, Simon ^a   Alletto, Lionel ^a   Daydé, Jean ^a   Berger, Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; REBAUDIOSIDE A; STEVIOL; STEVIOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCOSIDE; KAURANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; GENOTYPE; GREENHOUSE; GROWTH CHAMBER; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; STEVIA REBAUDIANA; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CROP; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STEVIA;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DITERPENES, KAURANE; GENOTYPE; GLYCOSIDES; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; STEVIA;

EID: 84941312575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133067     Document Type: Article

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