Improvement in salt tolerance of maize by exogenous application of glycinebetaine: Growth and water relations

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1647-1653

  Nawaz, Khalid ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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EID: 47249162074     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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