A study on air pollution-induced biochemical alterations in Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 601-606

  Seyyednejad, Seyyed Mansour ^a   Koochak, Haniyeh ^a  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Chlorophylls; Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Proline; Soluble sugar

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955082662     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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