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Historical Aspects of Gibberellins

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Gibberellins

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The early history of gibberellin studies, especially the contribution of Japanese scientists to this subject, will be described here.

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  1. S. Tamura
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  1. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan

    Nobutaka Takahashi

  2. Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, 90024, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Bernard O. Phinney

  3. School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, BS8 1TS, Bristol, England

    Jake MacMillan

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Tamura, S. (1991). Historical Aspects of Gibberellins. In: Takahashi, N., Phinney, B.O., MacMillan, J. (eds) Gibberellins. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3002-1_1

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