In vitro assessment of tolerance of orthosiphon stamineus to induced water and salinity stress

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-211

  Ting, A S Y ^a   Tan, L M ^a   Ling, A P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll content; Proline assay; Total soluble proteins

Indexed keywords

ORTHOSIPHON; ORTHOSIPHON STAMINEUS;

EID: 67149105576     PISSN: 16823974     EISSN: 18125697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2009.206.211     Document Type: Article

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