Phloem loading strategies and water relations in trees and herbaceous plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1518-1527

  Fu, Qiushi ^a,b   Cheng, Lailiang ^a   Guo, Yangdong ^b   Turgeon, Robert ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 80455140324     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.184820     Document Type: Article

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