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Effects of different cytokinins on the senescence of detached oat leaves

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Senescence is delayed (chlorophyll retained) in oat leaf sections by kinetin and benzyladenine, but not by the natural cytokinins, zeatin and isopentenyladenine.

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  1. Department of Plant Physiology, State Agricultural University, Arboretumlaan 4, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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Varga, A., Bruinsma, J. Effects of different cytokinins on the senescence of detached oat leaves. Planta 111, 91–93 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386739

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