Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain protein concentration is related to early post-flowering nitrate uptake under putative control of plant satiety level

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Taulemesse, François ^a,b,c   Gouis, Jacques Le ^a,b   Gouache, David ^c   Gibon, Yves ^d   Allard, Vincent ^a,b  

^a Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c ARVALIS Institut du Vegetal   (France)

^d Univ Bordeaux   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAIN PROTEIN CONTENT; GRAIN YIELD; HYDROPONICS; NITRATE ASSIMILATION; NITRATE UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT SATIETY; PLANT STEM; POST FLOWERING NITRATE UPTAKE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; BREAD; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; WHEAT;

NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PLANT PROTEIN;

BIOMASS; BREAD; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84960350980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149668     Document Type: Article

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