Polyamines and senescence of maintenance foliage of tea, Camellia sinensis L.

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 153-157

  Kakkar, R K ^a   Nagar, P K ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Chlorophyll; Kinetin; Putrescine; RNA; Spermidine; Spermine

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0030062481     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02879652     Document Type: Article

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