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International Journal of Agronomy
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 823913, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/823913
Research Article

Response of Herbicide-Resistant Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) Accessions to Drought Stress

Aman Chandi,1 David L. Jordan,1 Alan C. York,1 Jim Burton,2 Susana R. Milla-Lewis,1 Jan Spears,1 Jared R. Whitaker,1 and Randy Wells1

1Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7620, Raleigh, NC 27695-7620, USA
2Department of Horticulture Science, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7609, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609, USA

Received 6 November 2012; Revised 15 January 2013; Accepted 15 January 2013

Academic Editor: Robert J. Kremer

Copyright © 2013 Aman Chandi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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