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PRECIPITATION AS A SOURCE OF ASSIMILABLE NITROGEN: A HISTORICAL SURVEY
Author(s) -
Klein Richard M.,
Adamowicz Sue,
Perkins Timothy D.,
Liedeker Heiko
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1988.tb13517.x
Subject(s) - precipitation , nitrogen , greeks , biology , assimilation (phonology) , botany , ancient history , history , chemistry , philosophy , linguistics , organic chemistry , geography , meteorology
The sources, uptake, and assimilation of nitrogen by plants has a history that dates from the time of the ancient Greeks, and the elucidation of the interlocking questions occupied some of the finest philosophical and scientific minds of Europe for considerably longer than two millenia. Current acidic precipitation, containing a significant amount of nitrogen, has again focused attention on the role of precipitation nitrogen in plant nutrition.