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The Pitcher Plant Sarracenia purpurea Can Directly Acquire Organic Nitrogen and Short-Circuit the Inorganic Nitrogen Cycle

BACKGROUND: Despite the large stocks of organic nitrogen in soil, nitrogen availability limits plant growth in many terrestrial ecosystems because most plants take up only inorganic nitrogen, not organic nitrogen. Although some vascular plants can assimilate organic nitrogen directly, only recently...

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Autores principales: Karagatzides, Jim D., Butler, Jessica L., Ellison, Aaron M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19582167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006164