Carotenogenic and abscisic acid biosynthesizing activity in a cell-free system

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 371-378

  Cowan, A K ^a   Richardson, G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; biosynthesis; carotenoids; cell free system; Citrus sinensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030935736     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990303.x     Document Type: Article

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