Chronic phytotoxicity in gametophytes: DNA as biomarker of growth and chlorophyll autofluorescence as biomarker of cell function

Working with Ferns: Issues and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 249-260

  Catalá, Myriam ^a   Rodríguez Gil, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

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EID: 84920143641     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7162-3_18     Document Type: Chapter

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