Rapid bioassays to evaluate the plant growth promoting activity of Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol. using a model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-429

  Rayorath, Prasanth ^a   Jithesh, Mundaya N ^a   Farid, Amir ^a   Khan, Wajahatullah ^a   Palanisamy, Ravishankar ^a   Hankins, Simon D ^b   Critchley, Alan T ^b   Prithiviraj, Balakrishnan ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Acadian Seaplants Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asophyllum nodosum; Bioactivity; Bioassays; Plant growth

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM;

EID: 48349147267     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-007-9280-6     Document Type: Article

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