In vitro culturing of yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) for screening biological control agents

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 330-335

  Vidal, Karine ^a   Guermache, Fatiha ^a   Widmer, Timothy L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternaria alternata; Biological control; Callus; Centaurea solstitialis; Phoma exigua; Tissue culture; Toxins; Yellow starthistle

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ASTERACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM SP.; PHOMA; PHOMA EXIGUA;

EID: 2342530449     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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