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Mechanism of potassium deficiency-induced retardation of chlorophyll biosynthesis in Zea mays

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Potassium deficiency decreased the formation of protochlorophyll and retarded the rate of transformation of protochlorophyll to chlorophyll in maize seedlings.

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  1. Biology Department, University of Ife, Ife-Ife, Nigeria

    A. O. Lawanson, O. O. Otusanya & D. A. Akomolede

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Lawanson, A.O., Otusanya, O.O. & Akomolede, D.A. Mechanism of potassium deficiency-induced retardation of chlorophyll biosynthesis in Zea mays. Experientia 33, 1145–1146 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922293

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