The effects of salt stress on growth, nitrate reduction and proline and glycinebetaine accumulation in Prosopis alba

Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-46

  Meloni, Diego Ariel ^a   Gulotta, Marta Rosalía ^a   Martínez, Carlos Alberto ^b   Oliva, Marco Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glycinebetaine; Nitrate reductase; Proline; Salinity

Indexed keywords

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS ALBA;

EID: 2542539146     PISSN: 16770420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-04202004000100006     Document Type: Article

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