Growth inhibition of pollen tubes by blocking the aromatic or branched-chain amino acid pathways of biosynthesis

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 577-582

  Grabe, Annett ^a   Kristen, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid synthesis; Glyphosate; Herbicide action; Metsulfuron methyl; Nicotiana sylvestris; Pollen tube growth; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031441741     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010318.x     Document Type: Article

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