Foliar application of 28-homobrassinolide mitigates salinity stress by increasing the efficiency of photosynthesis in Brassica juncea

Acta Botanica Brasilica

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 502-505

  Alyemeni, Mohammed Nasser ^a   Hayat, Shamsul ^a   Wijaya, Leonard ^a   Anaji, Abdullah ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbonic anhydrase; Chlorophyll; Homobrassinolide; Nitrate reductase; Seed yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883772840     PISSN: 01023306     EISSN: 1677941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-33062013000300007     Document Type: Article

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