Soaking seeds of Lens culinaris with 28-homobrassinolide increased nitrate reductase activity and grain yield in the field in India

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-124

  Hayat, S ^a   Ahmad, A ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Brassinosteroids; Nitrate reductase activity; Root length; Root nodule number

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; SEED TREATMENT; YIELD;

LENS CULINARIS; PUSA;

EID: 0042197414     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2003.tb00276.x     Document Type: Article

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