Brassinosteroids - Occurence and chemical structures in plants

Brassinosteroids: A Class of Plant Hormone

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-27

  Bajguz, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chemical structures; Conjugates; Occurrence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876926613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0189-2_1     Document Type: Chapter

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