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Mechanisms of flood tolerance in plants

1994; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 43; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1438-8677.1994.tb00756.x

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W. Armstrong, Roland Brändle, Michael B. Jackson,

Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Acta Botanica NeerlandicaVolume 43, Issue 4 p. 307-358 Mechanisms of flood tolerance in plants W. ARMSTRONG, W. ARMSTRONG Department of Applied Biology, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UKSearch for more papers by this authorR. BRÄNDLE, R. BRÄNDLE Botanical Institute, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013 Bern, SwitzerlandSearch for more papers by this authorM. B. JACKSON, M. B. JACKSON Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bristol, Institute of Arable Crops Research, Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol BS18 9AF, UKSearch for more papers by this author W. ARMSTRONG, W. ARMSTRONG Department of Applied Biology, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UKSearch for more papers by this authorR. BRÄNDLE, R. BRÄNDLE Botanical Institute, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013 Bern, SwitzerlandSearch for more papers by this authorM. B. JACKSON, M. B. 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