Development of an allelopathic compound from tree-of-heaven (ailanthus altissima) as a natural product herbicide

Biologically Active Natural Products: Agrochemicals

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 57-68

  Heisey, Rod M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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