Some soybean cultivars have ability to induce germination of sunflower broomrape.

Sunflower broomrape is a noxious parasitic weed which has caused severe damage to crop ecosystems. Trap crops can release a mixture of allelochemicals to induce the germination of sunflower broomrape. We studied the allelopathic effects of soybean on sunflower broomrape. Fourteen common soybean cult...

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Main Authors: Wei Zhang, Yongqing Ma, Zhong Wang, Xiaoxin Ye, Junfeng Shui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3609756?pdf=render