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We compared the response of photosynthetic activities to strong light between gl and its wildtype wt, ficus microcarpa l. Technical report pdf available november 2005 with 222 reads. This study is the first report to suggest a morphological phylogenetic framework for the seven varieties of ficus deltoidea jack ficus. Tree biology tree anatomy study of component parts of the tree tree physiologystudy of the biological and chemical processes within these structures, providing the basis of function. Effects of delayed mating on the reproductive biology of. Experiments confirmed that female pseudococcus longispinus targioni tozzetti, pseudococcus viburni signoret, and planococcus ficus signoret hemiptera. Current opinion in plant biology, we help the reader by providing in a systematic manner.
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