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SUBMITTER: Campbell SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6226520 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Campbell Stuart A SA Vallano Dena M DM
Nature communications 20181109 1
Reactive nitrogen from human sources (e.g., nitrogen dioxide, NO<sub>2</sub>) is taken up by plant roots following deposition to soils, but can also be assimilated by leaves directly from the atmosphere. Leaf uptake should alter plant metabolism and overall nitrogen balance and indirectly influence plant consumers; however, these consequences remain poorly understood. Here we show that direct foliar assimilation of NO<sub>2</sub> increases levels of nitrogen-based defensive metabolites in leaves ...[more]