Effects of 24-epibrassinolide and 28-homobrassinolide on the growth and antioxidant enzyme activities in the seedlings of Brassica juncea L.

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-341

  Sirhindi, Geetika ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Bhardwaj, Renu ^b   Kumar, Manish ^a  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Auxinase; Brassica juncea; Brassinosteroids; Polyphenol oxidase; Total Proteins

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA;

EID: 77954075948     PISSN: 09715894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12298-009-0038-2     Document Type: Article

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