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Dormancy-release of celery seed by a growth retardant, N-dimethylaminosuccinamic acid (alar)

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Alar (N-dimethylaminosuccinamic acid) was more effective than the cytokinin benzyladenine (BA) in breaking dormancy of light-sensitive celery seed treated with a mixture of gibberellins A4 and A7 (GA4/7).

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  1. National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne, Warwick, U.K.

    D. Palevitch, T. H. Thomas & R. B. Austin

  2. The Volcani Institute of Agricultural Research, Bet Dagan, Israel

    D. Palevitch

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Palevitch, D., Thomas, T.H. & Austin, R.B. Dormancy-release of celery seed by a growth retardant, N-dimethylaminosuccinamic acid (alar). Planta 100, 370–372 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00385203

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