The salicylic acid loop in plant defense

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 365-371

  Shah, Jyoti ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042071187     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(03)00058-X     Document Type: Review

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