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Effects of heavy ions on the germination and survival of Arabidopsis thaliana

A. TANAKA, N. SHIKAZONO, Y. YOKOTA*, H. WATANABE and S. TANO Research Group for Plant Genes, Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institu te ( JAERI), Watanuk i-machi 1233, Takasak i, Gunma, 370-12,Japan.
Pages 121-128 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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