Alleviation of Cadmium and Mercury Stress by Supplementation of Steroid Hormone to Raphanus sativus Seedlings

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India Section B - Biological Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 661-666

  Kapoor, Dhriti ^a   Rattan, Amandeep ^a   Gautam, Vandana ^a   Bhardwaj, Renu ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

24 Epibrassinolide; Antioxidants; Heavy metal stress; Ion uptake; Osmolyte; Raphanus sativus seedlings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983049739     PISSN: 03698211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40011-015-0501-5     Document Type: Article

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