Potassium and calcium application ameliorates growth and oxidative homeostasis in salt-stressed Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) plants

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1629-1639

  Yousuf, Peerzada Yasir ^a   Ahmad, Altaf ^a   Hemant, ^a   Ganie, Arshid Hussain ^a   Aref, Ibrahim Mohammad ^b   Iqbal, Muhammad ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Brassica juncea; Gene expression; Reactive oxygen species; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944523409     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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