Influence of silicon on sunflower cultivars under drought stress, I: Growth, antioxidant mechanisms, and lipid peroxidation

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 13-14, 2008, Pages 1885-1903

  Gunes, Aydin ^a   Pilbeam, David J ^b   Inal, Ali ^a   Coban, Sencan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Drought; Lipid peroxidation; Stomatal resistance; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CATALYSIS; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CULTIVAR; DAMAGE; DROUGHT STRESS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; LIPID; MEMBRANE; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROOT; SHOOT; SILICON; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 46449136407     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620802134651     Document Type: Article

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