Structure and development of the upper haustorium in the parasitic flowering plant Cuscuta japonica (Convolvulaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 737-745

  Kyu, Bae Lee ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cuscuta japonica; Endophyte primordium; Parasitic angiosperm; Ultrastructure; Upper haustorium

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANGIOSPERM; ENDOPHYTE; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CONVOLVULACEAE; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA JAPONICA; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS BALSAMINA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 34250784698     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.5.737     Document Type: Article

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