Influence of short-term osmotic stress on the photosynthetic activity of barley seedlings

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 145-148

  Kocheva, K V ^a   Busheva, M C ^b   Georgiev, G I ^a   Lambrev, P H ^b   Goltsev, V N ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Hordeum vulgare; Oxygen evolution; Polyethylene glycol 8000; Relative water content

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 17044393117     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-005-5148-2     Document Type: Article

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