Benzyladenine and derivatives - Their significance and interconversion in plants

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-175

  Van Staden, J ^a   Crouch, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

benzyladenine; biochemistry; interconversion; metabolism; physiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029850544     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00024582     Document Type: Article

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