Nitrogen toxicity in plants

Nitrogen in Crop Production

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 97-118

  Goyal, Sham S ^a   Huffaker, Ray C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen toxicity; Organic matter mineralization; Photorespiration; Plant growth; Urea toxicity

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EID: 85101890543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/1990.nitrogenincropproduction.c6     Document Type: Chapter

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