Electrical signals in plants: Facts and hypotheses

Plant Electrophysiology: Theory and Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 407-422

  Davies, Eric ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920140676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-37843-3_17     Document Type: Chapter

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