0 a chemical that includes nitrogen and oxygen, often used as a fertilizer (= a substance that helps plants grow): --
1 a chemical that is used esp. as a fertilizer (= substance that helps plants grow) --
Reduced nitrate leaching and enhanced denitifer activity and efficiency in organically fertilized soils.
Nitrate may be an important factor influencing natural selection of some species.
The mainstays of such treatment are nitrates or calcium channel-blockers taken just before a meal.
Electrical double layer structure revisited via a surface force apparatus : mica interfaces in lithium nitrate solutions.
Epidermal plate formulae of miracidia were examined after impregnation using 3% silver nitrate.
All the strains isolated from milk samples were found not to be nitrate reducers.
These studies were possible because the seeds only germinated in the presence of light and nitrate.
When necessary, the amplification products were further analysed on 6 % polyacrylamide gel stained with 0.1 % silver nitrate.
