Potato glycoalkaloids: A burden or a blessing?

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-20

  Valkonen, Jari P T ^a   Keskitalo, Marjo ^a   Vasara, Tuija ^a   Pietilä, Leena ^b  

^a Department of Plant Production ^*  (Finland)

^b Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Insect; Pathogen; Pharmaceutical compound; Resistance; Solanum; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030060869     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689609701934     Document Type: Article

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