The fungicide phosphonate disrupts the phosphate-starvation response in Brassica nigra seedlings

Plant Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-110

  Carswell, Christian ^a   Grant, Bruce R ^b   Theodorou, Maria E ^a   Harris, Jillian ^b   Niere, Julie O ^c   Plaxton, William C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NIGRA;

EID: 0030060055     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.1.105     Document Type: Article

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