Uptake and translocation of foliar-applied glycinebetaine in crop plants

Plant Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-230

  Mäkelä, Pirjo ^a   Peltonen Sainio, Pirjo ^a   Jokinen, Kari ^b   Pehu, Eija ^a   Setälä, Harri ^c   Hinkkanen, Riitta ^c   Somersalo, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Danisco Finland Oy   (Finland)

^c DANISCO A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

14C labelling; Autoradiography; Glycinebetaine; HPLC; Translocation; Uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142664622     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(96)04527-X     Document Type: Article

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