Response of Nitrate Reductase to Exogenous Application of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid in Barley Plants

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 745-750

  Beyzaei, Zahra ^a   Sherbakov, Rostislav A ^a   Averina, Natalia G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTOBIOLOGY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

5 Aminolevulinic acid; Hordeum vulgare L; Nitrate reductase; Plant growth regulator; Transcriptional and translational regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897359711     PISSN: 07217595     EISSN: 14358107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-014-9422-4     Document Type: Article

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