Exogenous glycinebetaine and salicylic acid application improves water relations, allometry and quality of hybrid sunflower under water deficit conditions

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-109

  Hussain, M ^a   Malik, M A ^a   Farooq, M ^a   Khan, M B ^b   Akram, M ^a   Saleem, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Exogenous application; Glycinebetaine; Growth; Salicylic acid; Sunflower; Water relations; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALLOMETRY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT STRESS; FLOWERING; GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; LEAF AREA; OSMOSIS; PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 61849180756     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: 1439037X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2008.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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