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Bacon, M.A. (2001). Radioimmunoassay of Abscisic Acid. In: Reigosa Roger, M.J. (eds) Handbook of Plant Ecophysiology Techniques. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48057-3_26

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