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Historical Introduction to Plant Electrophysiology

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Stahlberg, R. (2006). Historical Introduction to Plant Electrophysiology. In: Volkov, A.G. (eds) Plant Electrophysiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37843-3_1

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