The effect of various lipids on flowering of Pharbitis nil in in vitro culture

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 637-639

  Groenewald, E G ^a   Van Der Westhuizen, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

arachidonic acid; inhibitors of prostaglandin biosynthesis; prostaglandin; short day plant; sterols

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA NIL;

EID: 8544225773     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOP.0000047168.78207.21     Document Type: Article

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