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Treatment of young, fully expanded leaves of Solanum andigena with synthetic abscisic acid resulted in marked increases in gibberellin-like substances. Abscisic acid treatment caused increases in the gibberellin content of leaves excised from both short day and long day grown plants.
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Railton, I.D., Wareing, P.F. Effects of abscisic acid on the levels of endogenous gibberellin-like substances in Solanum andigena . Planta 112, 65–69 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386032
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