Salicylic acid (2-hydroxy benzoic acid) induces salinity tolerance in a variety of genetically diverse plant taxa

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-56

  Senaratna, Tissa ^a   Stevens, Jason ^a,b   Senaratna, Mala ^c   Jayakannan, Maheswari ^d   Sivasithamparam, Krishnapillai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AME Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GOMPHOCEPHALA; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MACOLOR NIGER; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; SWAINSONIA; TIDESTROMIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34250888797     PISSN: 09715894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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