Foliar application of salicylic acid improved the growth, yield and leaf's bioactive compounds in red amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L.)

Vegetable Crops Research Bulletin

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-86

  Khandaker, Laila ^a   Masum Akond, A ^b   Oba, Shinya ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidant activity; betacyanin; biomass; salicylic acid; total polyphenol

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR;

EID: 80051985545     PISSN: 15069427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10032-011-0006-6     Document Type: Article

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