The effect of kinetin on stomata of the grass Anthephora pubescens Nees
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1Department of Plant Sciences, Baines Wing, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK.
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|January 15, 2014
Abstract:
Transpiration from excised leaves of Anthephra pubescens Nees was enhanced by 1 and 10 mmol m(-3) kinetin. Stomatal opening in isolated epidermal strips of A. pubescens under CO2-free air and in the absence of K(+) was enhanced by 10 mmol m(-3) kinetin.
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