Inhibiting effect of melittin on pathogens of crops

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 639-644

  Pan, LingZi ^a   Na, Jie ^a   Xing, Zhuo ^a   Fang, HongJun ^a   Wang, GuanLin ^a  

^a LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteriostatic mechanism; Crop pathogens; Factors; Melittin

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847674369     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0117-0     Document Type: Article

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