CO2-assimilation and chlorophyll fluorescence as indirect selection criteria for host tolerance against Striga

Euphytica

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-87

  Rodenburg, Jonne ^a,b   Bastiaans, Lammert ^b   Schapendonk, Ad H C M ^b   Van Der Putten, Peter E L ^b   Van Ast, Aad ^b   Dingemanse, Niels J ^c   Haussmann, Bettina I G ^d  

^a Centre du riz pour l'Afrique Senegal   (Senegal)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

Author keywords

Defence mechanisms; Parasitic weeds; Photochemical quenching; Photosynthesis; Selection measures; Sorghum bicolor

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR; STRIGA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 38649089821     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-007-9555-7     Document Type: Article

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