Seed priming with sodium silicate enhances seed germination and seedling growth in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under water deficit stress induced by polyethylene glycol

Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-24

  Hameed, Arruje ^a   Sheikh, Munir Ahmad ^a   Jamil, Amer ^a   Basra, Shahzad Maqsood Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Germination test; Osmotic stress; Root length; Shoot length; Water deficit stress

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84876326382     PISSN: 17274915     EISSN: 22217630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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