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Arvind Singh

Eapsa,

Please have a look at these useful links.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3269164/

http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/171/3/1867.full

http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/63/4/1609.full

Good luck

Eapsa Berry

Dear Dr. Arvind,

Thank you for your links to research articles.

Regards.

Eapsa