Silicon Application Alleviates Drought Stress in Wheat Through Transcriptional Regulation of Multiple Antioxidant Defense Pathways

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-10

  Ma, Dongyun ^a   Sun, Dexiang ^a   Wang, Chenyang ^a   Qin, Haixia ^a   Ding, Huina ^a   Li, Yaoguang ^a   Guo, Tiancai ^a  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Silicon; Transcriptional regulation; Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959119393     PISSN: 07217595     EISSN: 14358107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-015-9500-2     Document Type: Article

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