Plants under attack: Phytoalexins in defense mechanism

Genetically Engineered Crops: Biotechnology, Biosafety and Benefits

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 193-209

  Nagaveni, V ^a   Mahadeva, A ^a   Sreevathsa, Rohini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

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