An in vitro technique for studying specific striga resistance mechanisms in sorghum

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1868-1875

  Mohamed, Abdalla H ^a   Housley, T L ^b   Ejeta, Gebisa ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CORPORATION   (Sudan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germination; Haustoria; Host parasite interaction; Striga resistance; Witchweed

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR; STRIGA;

EID: 77955995354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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