Appropriate nitrogen application enhances saponin synthesis and growth mediated by optimizing root nutrient uptake ability

Background: Cultivation of medicinal crops, which synthesize hundreds of substances for curative functions, was focused on the synthesis of secondary metabolites rather than biomass accumulation. Nutrition is an important restrict factor for plant growth and secondary metabolites, but little attenti...

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Main Authors: Wei Wei, Chen Ye, Hui-Chuan Huang, Min Yang, Xin-Yue Mei, Fei Du, Xia-Hong He, Shu-Sheng Zhu, Yi-Xiang Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of Ginseng Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S122684531830349X