H. Agbaria et al., ROOTSTOCK-IMPOSED ALTERATIONS IN NITRATE REDUCTASE AND GLUTAMINE-SYNTHETASE ACTIVITIES IN LEAVES OF ROSE PLANTS, Biologia plantarum, 41(1), 1998, pp. 85-91
The activities of nitrate reductase and glutamine synthetase in leaves
of greenhouse grown rose plants (Rosa hybrida cvs, Ilseta and Mercede
s) grafted on various rootstocks were compared with those in leaves of
non-grafted, own-root plants of these cultivars, The results obtained
showed that the enzymatic activities as well as nitrate content in th
e leaves were altered by the grafting and by type of the rootstock use
d, These rootstock-imposed alterations differed between the two cultiv
ars used in the study.