Effect of seaweed extracts on the growth and biochemical constituents of Vigna sinensis

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1745-1751

  Sivasankari, S ^a   Venkatesalu, V ^a   Anantharaj, M ^a   Chandrasekaran, M ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biofertilizer; Caulerpa chemnitzia; Sargassum wightii; Seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF); Vigna sinensis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; FERTILIZERS; SEED;

BIOFERTILIZERS; CAULERPA CHEMNITZIA; SARGASSUM WIGHTII; SEAWEED LIQUID FERTILIZER (SLF); VIGNA SINENSIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMYLASE; BETA AMYLASE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; FERTILIZER; SUGAR;

AMINO ACIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; FERTILIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

ALGA; AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOFERTILIZER; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; PROTEIN; SEAWEED; SEED PRODUCTION; VINE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CAULERPA; COWPEA; DRY WEIGHT; FRESH WEIGHT; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SARGASSUM; SEAWEED; SEEDLING; SHOOT GROWTH;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACIDS; BETA-AMYLASE; CARBOHYDRATES; CAROTENOIDS; CAULERPA; CHLOROPHYLL; FABACEAE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SARGASSUM; SEEDS; WATER;

AMINO ACIDS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLLS; FERTILIZERS; PLANTS; SEEDS;

CAULERPA RACEMOSA CHEMNITZIA; SARGASSUM WIGHTII; TURBONILLA; VIGNA SINENSIS;

EID: 33745000077     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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