Brassinosteroids are Potential Ameliorators of Heavy Metal Stresses in Plants

Plant Metal Interaction: Emerging Remediation Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 209-237

  Vardhini, Bojjam Vidya ^a  

^a TELANGANA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminum toxicity; Arsenic toxicity; Boron toxicity; Brassinosteroids (BRs); Cadmium toxicity; Chromium toxicity; Copper toxicity; Lead toxicity; Nickel toxicity; Zinc toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980350910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803158-2.00008-4     Document Type: Chapter

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