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THE importance of kinetin and related compounds in controlling different physiological processes in higher plants has been widely recognized, although attempts to isolate and identify such substances in plant material have so far failed1. Chromatographic separation of pea seedling extract yielded some pertinent information which is reported here.
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BISWAS, P. Identification of a Kinetin-like Substance from Pea Seedlings, Pisum sativum. Nature 204, 297–298 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204297a0
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