Ammonium accumulation in relation to senescence of detached maize leaves

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 255-259

  Chen, Shu Jiuan ^a   Kao, Ching Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Benzyladenine; Leaf senescence; Methioninesulfoximine; Methyl jasmonate; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 7344228080     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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