Gamma irradiation effects on seed germination and growth, protein content, peroxidase and protease activity, lipid peroxidation in desi and kabuli chickpea

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1033-1041

  Hameed, Amjad ^a   Shah, Tariq Mahmud ^a   Atta, Babar Manzoor ^a   Haq, M Ahsanul ^a   Sayed, Hina ^a  

^a NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

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