Physiological and morphological responses of field corn seedlings to chitosan under hypoxic conditions

ScienceAsia

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-93

  Boonlertnirun, Suchada ^a   Meechoui, Sawit ^b   Sarobol, Ed ^c  

^a Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi   (Thailand)

^b RAJAMANGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY LANNA   (Thailand)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; Leaf greenness; Nitrate reductase; Prop root; Soluble sugar

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954918683     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2010.36.089     Document Type: Article

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