Summary
Wilting tall or dwarf peas produced a marked increase in abscisic acid (ABA). Evidence from light- and dark-grown peas does not support the concepts that differences in ABA are associated with differences in height or that ABA is a correlative inhibitor of stem elongation.
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Simpson, G.M., Saunders, P.F. Abscisic acid associated with wilting in dwarf and tall Pisum sativum . Planta 102, 272–276 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386897
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