Influence of water stress and exogenous glycinebetaine on sunflower achene weight and oil percentage

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-160

  Iqbal, N ^a   Ashraf, M Y ^b   Ashraf, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Drought; Glycinebetaine; Oil percentage; Sunflower; Yield

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; STRESSES; VEGETATION; WATER;

NITROGEN COMPOUND; OIL; PROTEIN; SEED; SOWING; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION; WATER STRESS;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 33646047728     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325870     Document Type: Article

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