Ethylene-dependent activity of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and lignin formation in cucumber roots exposed to phenolic allelochemicals

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-127

  Politycka, Barbara ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allelochemical stress; Cucumis sativus L.; Growth; Lignin; Phenols; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase; Roots

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0033457015     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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