Tropical grasses vary in their resistance to Striga aspera, Striga hermonthica, and their hybrids

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2131-2144

  Kuiper, Eric ^a   Groot, Alexia ^a   Noordover, Esther C M ^a   Pieterse, Arnold H ^b   Verkleij, Jos A C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment; Germination; Interspecific hybrids; Resistance; Striga aspera; Striga hermonthica; Tropical grasses

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; GENETIC TRAIT; GERMINATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HYBRID; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITIC PLANT; PLANT HOST INTERACTION; TROPICS;

GRASS; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PARASITIC PLANT;

AFRICA;

POACEAE; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA ASPERA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 0032324470     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-76-12-2131     Document Type: Article

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