Role of exogenous glycinebetaine and humic acid in mitigating drought stress-induced adverse effects in Malus robusta seedlings

Turkish Journal of Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 920-929

  Zhang, Lixin ^a   Gao, Mei ^a   Zhang, Linsen ^a   Li, Binzhi ^a   Han, Mingyu ^a   Alva, Ashok Kumar ^b   Ashraf, Muhammad ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant responses; Drought stress; Glycinebetaine; Humic acid; Malus; Osmolytes; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH REGULATOR; GROWTH RESPONSE; HUMIC ACID; OSMOSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ROOTSTOCK; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

CHINA;

EID: 84883643649     PISSN: 1300008X     EISSN: 13036106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/bot-1212-21     Document Type: Article

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