An allelopathic substance exuded from germinating watermelon seeds

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-4

  Kushima, Midori ^a   Kakuta, Hideo ^a   Kosemura, Seiji ^b   Yamamura, Shosuke ^b   Yamada, Kosumi ^c   Yokotani Tomita, Kaori ^c   Hasegawa, Koji ^a,c  

^a Plant Ecochemicals Research Center   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allelopathic substance; Allelopathy; Citrullus vulgaris; Plant growth regulator; Plant selective activity; Seed exudate; Vanillic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031980023     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005907101778     Document Type: Article

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