Note: Proline - An inducer of resistance against pearl millet downy mildew disease caused by Sclerospora graminicola

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 523-527

  Raj, Sathyanarayana Niranjan ^a   Shetty, Nandini Prasad ^a   Shetty, Hunthrike Shekar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Growth promotion; Induced systemic resistance; Pearl millet downy mildew; Proline

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; GRAMINICOLA; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PERONOSPORA FARINOSA; SCLEROSPORA GRAMINICOLA;

EID: 11144259346     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02980446     Document Type: Article

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