Indirect effects of phenolics on plant performance by altering nitrogen cycling: Another mechanism of plant-plant negative interactions

Allelopathy in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 137-156

  Castells, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77337-7_7     Document Type: Chapter

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