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Effect of fluoride on in vivo nitrate reduction in rice leaves (Oryza sativa L.)

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Fluoride had no effect on in vitro nitrate reductase activity in rice leaves, but in vivo activity was strongly inhibited. It is suggested that fluoride brings about this inhibition by adversely affecting the physiological NADH generating system required for in vivo nitrate reduction.

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Acknowledgments. We thank Dr M.S. Naik for useful suggestions and discussion. C.S.R. is grateful to Indian Council of Agricultural Research for a Senior Research Fellowship.

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Srinivasan, Rama Rao, C.S. Effect of fluoride on in vivo nitrate reduction in rice leaves (Oryza sativa L.). Experientia 36, 634–635 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01970103

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