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Aging in Tree Species: Present Knowledge

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Plant Aging

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A comprehensive publication which is still relevant concerning the topic of this paper are the proceedings of the meeting on “Juvenility in woody perennials” held 14 years ago in College Park/Maryland and Berlin (ZIMMERMAN, 1976). Since that meeting, notable progress has been achieved in some applied fields of research like in vitro rejuvenation and flower induction techniques which are important for the vegetative and generative propagation of trees. Recent reviews on juvenility, aging, and rejuvenation of woody plants are those of BONGA (1982), FRANCLET (1983), HACKETT (1985, 1987), and GREENWOOD (1987).

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Meier-Dinkel, A., Kleinschmit, J. (1990). Aging in Tree Species: Present Knowledge. In: Rodríguez, R., Tamés, R.S., Durzan, D.J. (eds) Plant Aging. NATO ASI Series, vol 186. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5760-5_7

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