Involvement of silicon in pearl millet resistance to downy mildew disease and its interplay with cell wall proline/hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 498-504

  Deepak, S ^a   Manjunath, G ^a   Manjula, S ^a   Niranjan Raj, S ^a   Geetha, N P ^a   Shetty, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PERONOSPORACEAE; SCLEROSPORA GRAMINICOLA;

EID: 47549111373     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AP08047     Document Type: Article

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