Melatonin in plants: More studies are necessary

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 381-382

  Arnao, Marino B ^a   Hernández Ruiz, Josefa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Auxin; Ethylene; Flowering; Growth; IAA; Melatonin; Rhizogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248975944     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.2.5.4260     Document Type: Article

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