Turning heads: the biology of solar tracking in sunflower.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Plant Science

• Publication date

  2014-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.04.006PMID 24908502
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