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The growth and the content of endogenous cytokinins (CKs) of current-year-old shoots from juniper plants (Juniperus communis L.) growing over and off ore site were compared. The juniper shoots from ore site (M plants) had higher metal content and exhibited delayed growth. Less bases and nucleosides of Z- and iP- type CK and more iP-conjugates were present in the M shoots. These changes were probably due to inhibited CK export from the roots and/or altered CK metabolism forming less biologically active CKs.
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Atanasova, L., Pissarska, M., Popov, G. et al. Growth and Endogenous Cytokinins of Juniper Shoots as Affected by High Metal Concentrations. Biologia Plantarum 48, 157–159 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BIOP.0000024296.01389.f2
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