Regulation of nitrate uptake at the whole-tree level: Interaction between nitrogen compounds, cytokinins and carbon metabolism

Tree Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1313-1321

  Geßler, Arthur ^a   Kopriva, Stanislav ^a   Rennenberg, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino compounds; Cycling; Glutamine; Nitrate assimilation; Nitrate transporter

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

EID: 9244220671     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/24.12.1313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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