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13 - Physiological and Biochemical Processes Related to Ageing and Senescence in Plants

from Part III - Senescence in Plants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2017

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Maurizio Mencuccini  and
Sergi Munné-Bosch
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Richard P. Shefferson ,
Owen R. Jones  and
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
Richard P. Shefferson
Affiliation:
University of Tokyo
Owen R. Jones
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University of Southern Denmark
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
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University of Sheffield
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The Evolution of Senescence in the Tree of Life , pp. 257 - 283
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Save book to Google Drive

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