Variation of cyanogenesis in some plant species of the midwestern United States

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 637-645

  Aikman, Kevin ^a   Bergman, Daniel ^a   Ebinger, John ^a   Seigler, David ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanogenesis; Frequency of cyanogenesis; Populations

Indexed keywords

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0000879854     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(96)00069-5     Document Type: Article

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