Improved Al tolerance of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) by exogenous polyamines

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-127

  Chen, Wenhao ^a,b   Xu, Chunming ^a,b   Zhao, Bing ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^a   Wang, Yuchun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum tolerance; Crocus sativus L.; Polyamines

Indexed keywords

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 36849005463     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-007-0100-z     Document Type: Article

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