Silicon-mediated accumulation of flavonoid phytoalexins in cucumber

Phytopathology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 396-401

  Fawe, A ^a   Abou Zaid, M ^b   Menzies, J G ^c   Belanger R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Cereal Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Induced resistance; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031968010     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1998.88.5.396     Document Type: Article

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