Physiological and antioxidant responses of three leguminous species to saline environment during seed germination stage

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5773-5779

  Wang, Xiaoshan ^a,b   Zhao, Guoqi ^b   Gu, Hongru ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Astragalus adsurgens; Germination; Malondialdehyde; Medicago sativa; Melilotus officinalis; Osmotic stress

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; PEROXIDASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALFALFA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS ADSURGENS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINATION; MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SALINITY; SALT STRESS; SEEDLING;

ASTRAGALUS ADSURGENS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 71649096551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb09.1386     Document Type: Article

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