Cadmium and copper stress affect seedling growth and enzymatic activities in germinating barley seeds

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 765-783

  Kalai, Tawba ^a   Khamassi, Khalil ^b   Teixeira da Silva, Jaime A ^c   Gouia, Houda ^a   Bettaieb Ben Kaab, Leila ^a  

^a Campus Universitaire El Manar I   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c Miki cho Post Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

barley; cadmium; copper; enzymatic activity; germination; seedling growth

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 84892977932     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2013.838001     Document Type: Article

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