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Journal of Amino Acids
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 493209, 9 pages
Polyamine-Induced Rapid Root Abscission in Azolla pinnata
1Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara 903-0213, Japan
2Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, USA
3Department of Chemistry, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, USA
Received 1 June 2012; Accepted 3 August 2012
Academic Editor: Maria Patricia Benavides
Copyright © 2012 Sushma Gurung et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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