Possible roles of strigolactones during leaf senescence

Plants

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 664-677

  Yamada, Yusuke ^a   Umehara, Mikihisa ^a  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leaf senescence; Nutrient deficiency; Phytohormones; Strigolactone; Translocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991870809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22237747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/plants4030664     Document Type: Review

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