Correlation of continuous ryegrass regrowth with cytokinin induced by root nitrate absorption

Xiao-Ling Wang1, Jia Wang, Zhen-Qing Li

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

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