Response of French bean cultivars to water deficits: Changes in endogenous hormones, proline and chlorophyll

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 381-388

  Upreti, K K ^a   Murti, G S R ^a   Bhatt, R M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Drought tolerance; Ethylene; Osmotic potential; Phaseolus vulgaris; Zeatin riboside

Indexed keywords

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0031544555     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001065930611     Document Type: Article

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