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Plant and Cell Physiology, 1986, Vol. 27, No. 5 925-927
© 1986

Short Communication

Nitrate Reduction by Cassava

Jose F. Pereira1 and Walter E. Splittstoesser2

1Laboratorio de Fisiologia Vegetal, Universidad de Oriente Jusepin, Monagas, Venezuela
2University of Illinois, 201 Vegetable Crops Building 1103 West Dorner Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.

Nitrate reductase (NR) was assayed in vivo in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Activity in the leaves ranged from 0 to 2.51 µmole of NO3– reduced g–1 h–1, with no activity in the younger leaves (leaf 1 on top). NR activity was localized in the sides and toward the tip of the lobes of the leaf.

(Received December 10, 1985; Accepted April 8, 1986)
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