Evaluation of ferulic acid uptake as a measurement of allelochemical dose: Effective concentration

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2585-2600

  Lehman, Mary E ^a   Blum, Udo ^b  

^a LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Cucumber; Cucumis sativus; Dose; Ferulic acid; Phosphorus uptake

Indexed keywords

FERULIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; SOIL;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0032727836     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020838611441     Document Type: Article

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