Sponins and plant defence - A soap story

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-9

  Osbourn, Anne ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FUNGI; GAEUMANNOMYCES GRAMINIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SEPTORIA LYCOPERSICI;

EID: 0002705849     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1360-1385(96)80016-1     Document Type: Review

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