Use of an in vitro-Assay to Investigate the Antioxidative Defence Potential of Wheat Genotypes under Drought Stress as Influenced by Nitrogen Nutrition

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-196

  Muller H H ^a   Marschner, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Antioxidative enzymes; Nitrate; Polyamines; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011238868     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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