Supplemental exogenous NPK application alters biochemical processes to improve yield and drought tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 2651-2662

  Shabbir, Rana Nauman ^a   Waraich, E A ^b   Ali, H ^a   Nawaz, F ^d   Ashraf, M Y ^b,c   Ahmad, R ^b   Awan, M I ^b   Ahmad, S ^a   Irfan, M ^a   Hussain, S ^a   Ahmad, Z ^b  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Drought; NPKc; Osmoprotectants; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP YIELD; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD SECURITY; GENOTYPE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SUGAR; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PEROXIDASE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; DROUGHT; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; WHEAT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; DROUGHTS; FERTILIZERS; GENOTYPE; NITROGEN; PEROXIDASE; PEROXIDASES; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRITICUM; WATER;

EID: 84955735534     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5452-0     Document Type: Article

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