Root growth inhibition in boron-deficient or aluminum-stressed squash may be a result of impaired ascorbate metabolism

Plant Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1135-1140

  Lukaszewski, Krystyna M ^a   Blevins, Dale G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA PEPO; PEPO;

EID: 0029729214     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.3.1135     Document Type: Article

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