Comparative levels of dimethyltryptamine- and tyramine-related alkaloid toxins in Australian cultivars and some wild populations of Phalaris aquatica

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1395-1403

  Culvenor, R A ^a   Reed, K F M ^b   McDonald, S E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

ELISA; Immunoassay

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; LIVESTOCK; TOXIC ORGANISM;

PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; SIROSA;

EID: 29144493440     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR05040     Document Type: Article

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