Modulation of growth, photosynthetic capacity and water relations in salt stressed wheat plants by exogenously applied 24-epibrassinolide

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-116

  Ali, Qasim ^a   Athar, Habib Ur Rehman ^b   Ashraf, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Brassinosteroid; Gas exchange; Growth; Photochemical efficiency; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 52649121453     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-008-9290-7     Document Type: Article

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