Regulation of shoot/root ratio by cytokinins from roots in Urtica dioica: Opinion

Plant and Soil

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Beck, Erwin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

cytokinins; nitrogen supply; quantitative patterns and fluxes; root signal; shoot to root ratio of biomass; Urtica dioica

Indexed keywords

URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 0030463896     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02257560     Document Type: Article

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