Role of nitric oxide in cadmium-induced stress on growth, photosynthetic components and yield of Brassica napus L.

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1027-1032

  Jhanji, Shalini ^a   Setia, R C ^a   Kaur, Navjyot ^a   Kaur, Parminder ^a   Setia, Neelam ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Cadmium; Growth; Nitric oxide; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CHLOROPLAST; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; DRY MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; MORPHOLOGY; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 84870003035     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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