Glycinebetaine applied under drought improved the physiological efficiency of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plant

Soil and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-71

  Raza, Muhammad Aown Sammar ^a   Saleem, Muhammad Farrukh ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad Yasin ^b   Ali, Asghar ^a   Asghar, Hafiz Naeem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Drought; Glycinebetaine; Photosynthesis; Transpiration; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84861402993     PISSN: 20749546     EISSN: 20751141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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