Assertion: nitrate | /r/HasProperty | major signal
Facets:
value: in the biosphere
type: LOCATION
value: in regulating plant growth
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In fact, it has been documented by many authors that nitrate is a major signal in regulating plant growth, and in breaking seed dormancy independent of its reduction by NR (Hilhorst & Karssen, 1989 ; Matakiadis et al. , 2009 ;
text: In the biosphere, nitrate is the major form of nitrogen, and nitrate availability is important for plant development.