Effect of UV-B and monocrotophos, singly and in combination, on photosynthetic activity and growth of non-heterocystous cyanobacterium Plectonema boryanum

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-184

  Prasad, Sheo Mohan ^a   Zeeshan, Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

14C fixation; Growth; Monocrotophos; Photosynthesis; Phycobilisome; Plectonema boryanum; UV B irradiation

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

LEPTOLYNGBYA BORYANA; PLECTONEMA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 4444241403     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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