Salicylic acid: Biosynthesis, metabolism and physiological role in plants

Salicylic Acid: A Plant Hormone

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-14

  Hayat, S ^a   Ali, B ^a   Ahmad, A ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; chlorophyll; metabolism; photosynthetic rate; salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249132997     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5184-0_1     Document Type: Chapter

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