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Stomatal Closure and Inhibition of Transpiration induced by (RS)-Abscisic Acid

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(RS)-ABSCISIC acid1 affects several physiological and biochemical processes including abscission2,3, senescence3,4, flowering3, dormancy3 and enzyme activity5. It now is shown that (RS)-abscisic acid induces stomatal closure and inhibits transpiration in excised leaves.

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    CATHRYN J. MITTELHEUSER & R. F. M. VAN STEVENINCK

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MITTELHEUSER, C., VAN STEVENINCK, R. Stomatal Closure and Inhibition of Transpiration induced by (RS)-Abscisic Acid. Nature 221, 281–282 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221281a0

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