Foliar application of potassium nitrate affects the growth and nitrate reductase activity in sunflower and safflower leaves under salinity

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-178

  Jabeen, Nusrat ^a   Ahmad, Rafiq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Foliar spray; Growth; Nitrate reduction; Nutrient solution; Salinity stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655164196     PISSN: 0255965X     EISSN: 18424309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15835/nbha3926064     Document Type: Article

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