Salinity inhibits seed germination of perennial halophytes Limonium stocksii and Suaeda fruticosa by reducing water uptake and ascorbate dependent antioxidant system

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-38

  Hameed, Abdul ^a   Rasheed, Aysha ^a   Gul, Bilquees ^a   Khan, M Ajmal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b Qatar University ^*  (Qatar)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Germination; Halophyte; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINATION; HALOPHYTE; HYDRATION; INHIBITION; OXYGEN; SALINITY; SEED; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 84901978828     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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