Influence of exogenously applied glycinebetaine on the photosynthetic capacity of two differently adapted wheat cultivars under salt stress

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 341-351

  Raza, Syed Hammad ^a   Athar, Habib Ur Rehman ^b   Ashraf, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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