Keeping in Touch: Responses of the Whole Plant to Deficits in Water and Nitrogen Supply

Advances in Botanical Research

Volumn 22, Issue C, 1996, Pages 229-300

  McDonald, A J S ^a   Davies, W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030037987     PISSN: 00652296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2296(08)60059-2     Document Type: Chapter

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