Brassinosteroids for phytoremediation application

Brassinosteroids: A Class of Plant Hormone

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 403-437

  Barbafieri, M ^a   Tassi, E ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assisted phytoremediation; Environmental remediation; Environmental stress; Phytohormone; Plant biomass; Plant growth regulators

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955920952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0189-2_16     Document Type: Chapter

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