Investigations into the biochemical basis for nematode resistance in roots of three Musa cultivars in response to Radopholus similis infection

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 5297-5301

  Collingborn, Frances M B ^a   Gowen, Simon R ^a   Mueller Harvey, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid butanol assay; Condensed tannins; Flavan 3,4 diols; Musa cultivars; Nematodes; Radopholus similis; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; FLAVAN DERIVATIVE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PROCYANIDIN; TANNIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULTIVAR; FRUIT; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFESTATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; SCREENING TEST; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FRUIT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; NEMATODA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANNINS;

ANIMALIA; MUSA; NEMATODA; RADOPHOLUS SIMILIS;

EID: 0033662055     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf000492z     Document Type: Article

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