Silicon: a beneficial nutrient for maize crop to enhance photochemical efficiency of photosystem II under salt stress

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 599-611

  Khan, Waqas–ud–Din ^a,b   Aziz, Tariq ^c,d   Hussain, Imran ^b,e   Ramzani, Pia Muhammad Adnan ^c,f   Reichenauer, Thomas G ^b  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

primary photochemistry; silicon concentration; Soil salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988430938     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2016.1233322     Document Type: Article

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