Transfer of nitrogen and carbon from a mature sunflower leaf--15NO2 and 13CO2 feeding studies

1 December 1980

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant and Cell Physiology

Vol. 21 (8) , 1367-1381
https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/21.8.1367

Abstract

To investigate the long-distance transport of nitrogen and carbon from mature leaves, two stable isotopes, ¹⁵N and ¹³C, were introduced to a single mature sunflower leaf for less than 2 hr in the forms of NO₂ and CO₂, and the fate of ¹⁵N and ¹³C in plants was followed.

Keywords

CARBON TRANSFER
DISTRIBUTION AND REDISTRIBUTION
LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT
NITROGEN TRANSFER
SUNFLOWER

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