Incorporation of plant growth regulators into the priming solution improves sugar beet germination, emergence and seedling growth at low-temperature

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 3390-3394

  Govahi, Mostafa ^a   Arvin, Mohammad Javad ^a   Saffari, Ghazaleh ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

ASA; Beta vulgaris; Chilling stress; KNO3; MeJA; Priming

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 35948972071     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.3390.3394     Document Type: Article

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