A simple staining method for observation of germinated Striga seeds

Seed Science Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-129

  Long, Shusheng ^a,b   Lendzemo, Venasius ^c   Kuyper, Thomas W ^d   Kang, Zhengsheng ^b   Vierheilig, Horst ^a,e   Steinkellner, Siegrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Germination assay; Radicle; Staining solutions; Striga

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; STRIGA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 56449095659     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258508974328     Document Type: Article

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