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Relation of Molybdenum Status and Nitrogen Supply to Respiration in Cauliflower Leaves

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THE role of molybdenum in nitrate assimilation in higher plants1, and the likely suggestion2 that nitrate may provide a part of the oxygen requirement of plants, suggested an examination of the interrelationships of molybdenum and nitrogen supplies in respiration.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale, Centre Nationale de Recherches Agronomique, Versailles

    G. DUCET

  2. Agricultural Research Council Unit of Plant Nutrition (Micronutrients), Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol

    E. J. HEWITT

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DUCET, G., HEWITT, E. Relation of Molybdenum Status and Nitrogen Supply to Respiration in Cauliflower Leaves. Nature 173, 1141–1143 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/1731141b0

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