Frequency and timing of leaf removal affect growth and podophyllotoxin content of American mayapple in shade

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 582-585

  Cushman, Kent E ^a   Moraes, Rita M ^b   Gerard, Patrick D ^c   Bedir, Ebra ^b   Silva, Bladimiro ^b   Khan, Ikhlas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Lignan; Podophyllum peltatum; peltatin; peltatin

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; HARVESTING; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALPHA-PELTATIN; BETA-PELTATIN; LIGNAN; PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CULTIVATION; DEFOLIATION; DRUGS; HARVESTING; PLANTS; POISONS;

PODOPHYLLUM; PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM;

EID: 33646456820     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.3.582     Document Type: Article

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