Nitrate and nitrite uptake and reduction
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E. Agüera; P. Haba; A. G. Fontes; J. M. Maldonado
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Article
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1990
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Nitrogen-starved sunflower plants (Helianthus annuus L. cv. Peredovic) cannot absorb NO 3 (-) or NO 2 (-) upon initial exposure to these anions. Ability of the plants to take up NO 3 (-) and NO 2 (-) at high rates from the beginning was induced by a pretreatment with NO 3 (-) . Nitrite also acted as