Beneficial elements for agricultural crops and their functional relevance in defence against stresses

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 905-920

  Kaur, Simranjeet ^a   Kaur, Navneet ^a   Siddique, Kadambot H M ^b   Nayyar, Harsh ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

abiotic; Aluminium; biotic; cobalt; selenium; silicon; sodium; stress mitigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945274470     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2015.1101070     Document Type: Review

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