The effect of light on the level of acetylcholine in seedlings of the wild-type and phytochrome mutants of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-230

  Wiśniewska, Justyna ^a   Tretyn, Andrzej ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Gas chromatography; Lycopersicon esculentum; Photomorphogenic mutants; Phytochrome; Pyrolysis; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0345493794     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-999-0036-6     Document Type: Article

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