Alleviating the adverse effects of NaCl stress in maize seedlings by pretreating seeds with salicylic acid and 24-epibrassinolide

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-177

  Agami, Ramadan A ^a  

^a Fayoum University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

24 Epibrassinolide; Anatomy; Antioxidant system; Maize; Salicylic acid; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANTIOXIDANT; ELECTROLYTE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEAF; MAIZE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PIGMENT; SALICYLIC ACID; SALINITY; SEEDLING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84882794786     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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