Cytokinin-containing seaweed extract does not reduce damage by an insect herbivore

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 102-105

  Reitz, Stuart R ^a   Trumble, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; Beet armyworm; Growth inhibition; Lima bean; Lycopersicon esculentum; Phaseolus lunatus; Spodoptera exigua; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHASEOLUS LUNATUS;

EID: 0030046498     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.1.102     Document Type: Article

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