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Endogenous gibberellin-like activity was determined in dry pea seeds (Pisum sativum cv. Bördi), in cotyledons and axes of germinating pea seeds and also in excised cotyledons and axes. During the first two days of pea seed germination, neither the embryonic axes nor the cotyledons show a mutual influence on gibberellin activity, but this appears after 72–96 h of germination. The gibberellin-like activity m cotyledons and axes of germinating seeds increased during the same period, but it decreased in isolated axes and excised cotyledons.
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Romanowska, E., Parys, E. & Poskuta, J. Gibberellin-like activity in cotyledons and embryonic axes during pea seed germination. Biol Plant 30, 9–13 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02876416
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