Compensatory growth response of the legume, Medicago sativa, to defoliation and denodulation

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-252

  Quinn, M A ^a,b   Hall, M H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Defoliation; Denodulation; Leguminosae

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FABACEAE; HYPERA POSTICA;

DENODULATION; HERBIVORY;

EID: 0029661648     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00788.x     Document Type: Article

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