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Effects of Amitrole on Acid-soluble Nucleotides and Ribonucleic Acid in Corn Tissue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

E. E. Schweizer  and
B. J. Rogers
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Abstract

The ribonucleic acid (RNA) content of corn roots and etiolated coleoptiles treated with amitrole (3-amino-1,2,4-triazole) was very similar to that in untreated tissues. Amitrole consistently decreased the acid-soluble nucleotide content of etiolated corn coleoptiles.

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Weeds , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , October 1964 , pp. 310 - 311
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Copyright © 1964 Weed Science Society of America 

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