Exogenous application of silicon at the boot stage decreases accumulation of cadmium in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grains

Revista Brasileira de Botanica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 223-234

  Hussain, Iqbal ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad Arslan ^a   Rasheed, Rizwan ^a   Asghar, Anum ^a   Sajid, Muhammad Asim ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Cadmium; Grain yield; Silicon; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939421668     PISSN: 01008404     EISSN: 18069959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40415-014-0126-6     Document Type: Article

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