Phytoalexins: What have we learned after 60 years?

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue , 1999, Pages 285-306

  Hammerschmidt, Ray ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active defense; Disease resistance; Phytoalexin; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032717491     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.37.1.285     Document Type: Article

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