Senescence in plants and crops

Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 181-204

  Peñarrubia, Lola ^a   Moreno, Joaquín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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