Amitrole effects on barley etioplasts

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 295-300

  Rascio, Nicoletta ^a   Dalla Vecchia, Francesca ^a   Agnolucci, Laura ^a   Barbato, Roberto ^a   Tassani, Vinicio ^a   Casadoro, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amitrole; carotenogenesis; etioplast membranes; Hordeum vulgare; protochlorophyllide; protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344229411     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(96)80124-6     Document Type: Article

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