Exogenous Application of Selenium Mitigates Cadmium Toxicity in Brassica juncea L. (Czern & Cross) by Up-Regulating Antioxidative System and Secondary Metabolites

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 936-950

  Ahmad, Parvaiz ^a   Abd Allah, E F ^b   Hashem, Abeer ^b,c   Sarwat, Maryam ^d   Gucel, Salih ^e  

^a S P COLLEGE   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

^d AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Biochemical attributes; Cadmium stress; Flavonoids; Lipid peroxidation; Selenium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962539051     PISSN: 07217595     EISSN: 14358107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-016-9592-3     Document Type: Article

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