Halopriming improves vigor, metabolism of reserves and ionic contents in wheat seedlings under salt stress

Plant, Soil and Environment

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 382-388

  Afzal, Irfan ^a   Rauf, S ^a   Basra, S M A ^a   Murtaza, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ionic homeostasis; Priming; Salinity tolerance; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 53049086127     PISSN: 12141178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/408-pse     Document Type: Article

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