Improving drought tolerance in sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) with salicylic acid

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 246, Issue , 2019, Pages 360-365

  Damalas, Christos A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Chlorophyll content; Proline accumulation; Relative water content

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH; HERB; SALICYLIC ACID; TOLERANCE; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS;

OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 85056650349     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2018.11.005     Document Type: Article

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