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Leaf Isoprene Emission Rate Is Dependent on Leaf Development and the Level of Isoprene Synthase

J. Kuzma1, R. Fall

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0215.

Plant Physiology
|February 1, 1993
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