Changes in proline content accompanying the uptake of zinc and copper by lemna minor

Annals of Botany

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 151-154

  Bassi, Raman ^a   Sharma, Shanti S ^a  

^a HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Copper; Heavy metals; Lemna minor; Proline; Total free amino acids; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001537522     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1993.1093     Document Type: Article

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