Physiological assessment and path coefficient analysis to improve evaluation of alfalfa autotoxicity

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2413-2424

  Chon, Sang Uk ^a   Nelson, C Jerry ^b   Coutts, John H ^b  

^a Dongshin University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Aqueous extracts; Autotoxicity; Bioassay; Early seedling growth; Path coefficient analysis; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; GERMINATION; SEED; TOXICITY;

ALFALFA; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EVALUATION; GERMINATION; GERMPLASM; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; ROOT GROWTH; ROOT LENGTH; SEED SIZE;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GERMINATION; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TOXICITY TESTS;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0344896630     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026345515162     Document Type: Article

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