Occurrence of cytokinin-like compounds in two aquatic ferns and their exudates

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-85

  Stirk, Wendy A ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Azolla filiculoides; Culture media; Exudates; Plant extracts; Pteridophyta; Salvinia molesta; Soybean callus bioassay

Indexed keywords

FERN;

AZOLLA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; FILICOPHYTA; GLYCINE MAX; PTERIDOPHYTA; SALVINIA; SALVINIA MOLESTA;

EID: 0037297255     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(02)00061-8     Document Type: Article

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