Efficacy of putrescine and benzyladenine on photosynthesis and productivity in relation to drought tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 331-336

  Gupta, Sunita ^a   Agarwal, Vishnu Prakash ^a   Gupta, N K ^a  

^a RAJASTHAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Benzyladenine; Photosynthesis; Putrescine; Water stress; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84867747150     PISSN: 09715894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12298-012-0123-9     Document Type: Article

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