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Denitrification in soil around the bases of corn stalks, determined by the "acetylene blockage technique," exhibited a general trend of decline from June to September. Leaf nitrate reductase activity, determined by an in vivo assay procedure, was low in June and July, and then exhibited a pronounced maximum at the time of tasselling.
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Patriquin et al. (1978) studied this question.
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