A hairy tissue produces vanillin

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-159

  Joel, Daniel M ^a   French, James C ^b   Graft, Nicoletta ^b   Kourteva, Galina ^c   Dixon, Richard A ^c   Havkin Frenkel, Daphna ^b,d  

^a Newe Ya'ar Research Center   (Israel)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^d David Michael and Company Inc   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BOTANY;

ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 0347031442     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/5G0H-9X2K-FLUA-46TC     Document Type: Article

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