Influence of exogenous application of salicylic acid on salt- stressed mungbean (Vigna radiata): Growth and nitrogen metabolism

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-125

  Akhtar, Javed ^a   Ahmad, Rashid ^a   Yasin Ashraf, M ^b   Tanveer, Asif ^a   Warrich, Ejaz Ahmad ^a   Oraby, Hesham ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d Zagazig University   (Egypt)

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