Is the nectar redox cycle a floral defense against microbial attack?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 320-324

  Carter, Clay ^a,b   Thornburg, Robert W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 3042825308     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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