Role of foliar protein and polyphenol and their relationship to clonal resistance in teak against the leaf skeletoniser, Paliga machoeralis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-226

  Jain, Avinash ^a   Roychoudhury, N ^a   Bhargava, Alka ^a  

^a TROPICAL FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Clonal resistance; Leaf; Polyphenol; Protein; Skeletoniser; Teak

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346976359     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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