Effects of exogenously applied gibberellin and red light on the endogenous levels of abscisic acid in photoblastic lettuce seeds

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 127-129

  Toyomasu, Tomonobu ^a   Yamane, Hisakazu ^a   Murofushi, Noboru ^a   Inoue, Yasunori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; GC SIM; Germination; Gibberellin; Phytochrome; Seed (Lactuca sativa)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028057130     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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