Effect of silicon application on Sorghum bicolor exposed to toxic concentration of zinc

Biologia

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 706-712

  Masarovič, Daniel ^a   Slováková, Ľudmila ^a   Bokor, Boris ^a   Bujdoš, Marek ^a   Lux, Alexander ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

antioxidative enzymes; silicon; sorghum (Sorghum bicolor); zinc toxicity

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 84863321756     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-012-0054-5     Document Type: Article

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