How is the relationship between the C4 cereal Sorghum bicolor and the C3 root hemi-parasites Striga hermonthica and Striga asiatica affected by elevated CO2?

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1292-1300

  Watling, J R ^a   Press, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Parasitic plant; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; ROOT PARASITE;

SORGHUM BICOLOR; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 0030809192     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-19.x     Document Type: Article

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