Cotylenins and Fusicoccins Stimulate Seed Germination of Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth and Orobanche minor Smith

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1583-1586

  Yoneyama, Koichi ^a   Takeuchi, Yasutomo ^a   Ogasawara, Masaru ^a   Konnai, Makoto ^a   Sugimoto, Yukihiro ^b   Sassa, Takeshi ^c  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cotylenin; Fusicoccin; Orobanche minor; Seed germination; Striga hermonthica

Indexed keywords

OROBANCHACEAE; OROBANCHE; OROBANCHE MINOR; STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0001366375     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf970964i     Document Type: Article

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