01521naa a2200301 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000210006024501250008126000090020652007680021565000150098365000130099865000090101165000120102065000100103265000110104265000160105365000100106965000160107965000110109565300130110665300110111965300100113065300110114070000170115177300510116816200291995-06-27 1991 bl uuuu u00u1 u #d1 aMAGALHAES, J. R. aResponse of ammonium assimilation enzymes to nitrogen form treatments in different plant species.h[electronic resource] c1991 aThis series of experiments studied N metabolism in tomato, rice and corn. Ammonium (NH4+), as a sole source of N, reduced tomato and corn growth, but not rice growth. Tomato showed the most severe NH4+ toxicity. Ammonium assimilation enzyme activity differed greatly among the species. Rice had much higher glutamine synthetase (GS) activity than corn and tomato with NH4+ nutrition. GS activity was especially high in shoot tissue. Ammonium induced high activity of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) in roots of tomato but not in rice. GS activity in rice increased as the level of NH4+ increased; and it was higher in shoots than roots, indicating GS activity as a key factor in the detoxification and metabolism of NH4+ in green tissues of efficient plant species. ametabolism anitrogen arice aAmĂŽnia aArroz aEnzima aMetabolismo aMilho aNitrogĂȘnio aTomate aAmmonium aEnzyme aMaize aTomato1 aHUBER, D. M. tJ. Plant Nutr.gv. 14, n. 2, p. 175-185, 1991.