Chilling tolerance in Nicotiana tabacum induced by seed priming with putrescine

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-290

  Xu, Shengchun ^a,c   Hu, Jin ^a   Li, Yongping ^b   Ma, Wenguang ^b   Zheng, Yunye ^b   Zhu, Shuijin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tobacco Science Research Institute Yunnan Tabacco Corporation   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Chilling; Nicotiana tabacum L.; Polyamine; Seed priming; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79952741346     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-010-9528-z     Document Type: Article

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