Silicon alleviates salt stress by modulating antioxidant enzyme activities in Dianthus caryophyllus ‘Tula’

Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 233-239

  Soundararajan, Prabhakaran ^a   Manivannan, Abinaya ^a   Park, Yoo Gyeong ^a   Muneer, Sowbiya ^a   Jeong, Byoung Ryong ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

antioxidant enzymes; growth; salinity; silicate; tolerance

Indexed keywords

DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS;

EID: 84928994325     PISSN: 22113452     EISSN: 22113460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13580-015-0111-4     Document Type: Article

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