Heavy metal-induced accumulation of free proline in a metal-tolerant and a nontolerant ecotype of Silene vulgaris

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 477-482

  Schat, Henk ^a   Sharma, Shanti S ^b   Vooijs, Riet ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Proline; Silene vulgaris; Tolerance; Zinc

Indexed keywords

SILENE VULGARIS;

EID: 0031444715     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010304.x     Document Type: Article

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