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Free amino acids were determined at six chronologically comparable developmental stages each of leaves 1 and 2, bearing vegetative dormant axillary meristem and leaves 3 and 4, bearing axillary flower bud, inAbelmoschus esculentus. Simultaneously, free amino acids were determined in the flower bud at the third leaf axil at four stages of growth. The developmental pattern of the amino acids has been interpreted in the light of the source activity of the leaves.
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Nabeesa, E., Neelakandan, N. Free amino acids in the developing leaves and flower bud ofAbelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 93, 179–187 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053000
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