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Nitrogen metabolism of seedlings

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Der Stickstoffumsatz / Nitrogen Metabolism

Abstract

Plant seeds vary widely in size, and in the nature and amount of the reserve materials which they provide for the germinating seedling. The nitrogenous metabolism of seedlings has, for obvious reasons of experimental convenience, been studied in large-seeded species, usually with substantial reserves of nitrogenous compounds. Some gymnosperms, particularly cycads, have very large seeds but except for a few studies with coniferous seedlings, flowering plants have been used in nearly all of the work on the metabolic changes in germination.

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McKee, H.S. (1958). Nitrogen metabolism of seedlings. In: Allen, E.K., et al. Der Stickstoffumsatz / Nitrogen Metabolism. Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie / Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-94733-9_24

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