Effects of plant growth regulators on the antioxidant system in seedlings of two maize cultivars subjected to water stress

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-87

  Li, L ^a   Van Staden, J ^a   Jager A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antioxidant system; Brassinolide; Drought stress; Methyl jasmonate; Uniconazole; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031839701     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010774725695     Document Type: Article

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