Alleviation of drought-induced adverse effects in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using proline as a pre-sowing seed treatment

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 621-632

  Kamran, Muhammad ^a   Shahbaz, Muhammad ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^a   Nudrat, Aisha Akram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78649840563     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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