Physiological response of onion plants to foliar application of putrescine and glutamine

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-360

  Amin, A A ^a   Gharib, Fatma A E ^b   El Awadi, M ^a   Rashad, El Sherbeny M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Helwan University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Growth; Onion plants; Photosynthetic pigments; Polyamines; Putrescine; Yield

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CROP YIELD; DIAMETER; FIELDWORK; GROWTH RATE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 79956352534     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.03.052     Document Type: Article

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