Effects of 28-homobrassinolide on seedling growth, lipid peroxidation and antioxidative enzyme activities under nickel stress in seedlings of Zea mays L.

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 765-772

  Bhardwaj, Renu ^a   Arora, Nitika ^a   Sharma, Priyanka ^a   Arora, Hardesh Kumar ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

28 homobrassinolide; Antioxidative enzymes; Lipid peroxidation; Maize; Nickel

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548639964     PISSN: 16823974     EISSN: 18125697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2007.765.772     Document Type: Article

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