Plant eats plant: Sap-feeding witchweeds and other parasitic angiosperms

Biologist

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 189-193

  Press, Malcolm C ^a   Gurney, Anita L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AFRICA; ANGIOSPERM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; REVIEW;

AFRICA; ANGIOSPERMS; CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0040189927     PISSN: 00063347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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