Increased content of endogenous cytokinins does not delay degradation of photosynthetic apparatus in tobacco

Photosynthetica

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 595-608

  Synkova H ^a   Van Loven, K ^b   Valcke, R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Chlorophyll content and fluorescence kinetics; Chloroplast ultrastructure; Cytokinin; Dark stress; Ipt gene; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001027584     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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