Amelioration of lead and mercury effects on germination and rice seedling growth by antioxidants

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 469-473

  Mishra, A ^a   Choudhuri, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; Ascorbic acid; Cysteine; Germination index; Oryza sativa; Reduced glutathione; Tolerance index

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0032455017     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001871015773     Document Type: Article

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