Brassinosteroid improves seed germination and early development of tomato seedling under phenanthrene stress

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-96

  Ahammed, Golam Jalal ^a   Zhang, Shuai ^a   Shi, Kai ^a   Zhou, Yan Hong ^a   Yu, Jing Quan ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Brassinosteroid; Germination; Lipid peroxidation; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84865414924     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-012-9696-0     Document Type: Article

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