Influence of fertilizer microdosing on strigolactone production and Striga hermonthica parasitism in pearl millet

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 935-940

  Jamil, Muhammad ^a,d   Charnikhova, Tatsiana ^a   Jamil, Tahira ^d   Ali, Zahid ^d   Mohamed, Nasr Eldin Mohemed Ahmed ^a   van Mourik, Tom ^b   Bouwmeester, Harro J ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^c CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Biosciences COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diammonium phosphate; Pearl millet; Striga hermonthica; Strigolactones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904384797     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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