Increased 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase activity in shoots of flooded tomato plants raises ethylene production to physiologically active levels

Plant Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1435-1440

  English, Philippa J ^a   Lycett, Grantley W ^b   Roberts, Jeremy A ^b   Jackson, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0029189322     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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