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Interaction of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolisms in Alpine Plants

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The importance of nitrogen (N) for plant growth has been well understood since the pioneering work of von Liebig (1840), which described the effect of individual nutrients on crops. Since this work, many studies have addressed plant nutrients in general and N in particular, leading to greater understanding of the coupling between N availability, carbon (C) and N fluxes, and whole plant growth.

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Baptist, F., Aranjuelo, I. (2012). Interaction of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolisms in Alpine Plants. In: Lütz, C. (eds) Plants in Alpine Regions. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0136-0_9

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