Chlorophyll breakdown in senescent leaves

Plant Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1403-1409

  Matile, Philippe ^a   Hörtensteiner, Stefan ^a   Thomas, Howard ^b   Kräutler, Bernhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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EID: 0030454810     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.4.1403     Document Type: Review

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