A simple and rapid method for determination of lignin in plant tissues - Its usefulness in elicitor screening and comparison to the thioglycolic acid method

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-193

  Stange Jr , Richard R ^a   McDonald, Roy E ^a  

^a U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elicitors; Lignification; Measurement; Resistance; Thioglycolic acid

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIUM ITALICUM;

EID: 0344699411     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(98)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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