Assessment of osmolyte accumulation in heavy metal exposed salvinia natans

International Journal of Botany

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 153-158

  Dhir, B ^a   Nasim, S A ^b   Samantary, S ^c   Srivastava, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Saila Bala Women's College   (India)

Author keywords

Glycine betaine; Heavy metals; Osmolytes; Polyamines; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867591102     PISSN: 18119700     EISSN: 18119719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijb.2012.153.158     Document Type: Article

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