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Stimulation of nitrate reductase activity by delta amino levulinic acid in excised maize leaves

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Supply of 0.2 mM delta amino levulinic acid to maize leaf segments in light increased nitrate reductase activity. total organic nitrogen and to some extent chlorophyll also, but it had no effect on glutamate dehydrogenase or peroxidase activities, in the absence or presence of nitrate or ammonium as nitrogen source.

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  1. Department of Life Sciences, Vigyan Bhawan, University of Indore, Khandwa Road, 452001, Indore, India

    S. N. Mishra & H. S. Srivastava

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Acknowledgment. This research was financially supported by a grant from U.G.C. New Delhi to HSS.

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Mishra, S.N., Srivastava, H.S. Stimulation of nitrate reductase activity by delta amino levulinic acid in excised maize leaves. Experientia 39, 1118–1120 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01943138

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