Parasitic plant responses to host plant signals: A model for subterranean plant-plant interactions

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-70

  Yoder, John I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033083283     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)80013-2     Document Type: Article

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