Strigolactones and biological activity

Natural Products: Phytochemistry, Botany and Metabolism of Alkaloids, Phenolics and Terpenes

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3583-3604

  Yoneyama, Koichi ^a   Xie, Xiaonan ^a   Yoneyama, Kaori ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Parasitic plant; Plant hormone; Seed germination; Shoot branching; Strigolactone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924360213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22144-6_155     Document Type: Chapter

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