Silicon alleviates nickel toxicity in cotton seedlings through enhancing growth, photosynthesis, and suppressing Ni uptake and oxidative stress

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 633-647

  Khaliq, Ammara ^a   Ali, Shafaqat ^a   Hameed, Amjad ^b   Farooq, Muhammad Ahsan ^c   Farid, Mujahid ^d   Shakoor, Muhammad Bilal ^a   Mahmood, Khalid ^b   Ishaque, Wajid ^b   Rizwan, Muhammad ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Growth; Nickel; Photosynthesis; Silicon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938675513     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2015.1073263     Document Type: Article

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