Effect of NaCl on biomass and contents of sugars, proline and proteins in seedlings and leaf explants of Nicotiana tabacum grown in vitro

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 613-615

  Niknam, V ^a   Bagherzadeh, M ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, H ^a   Sokhansanj, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

salt stress; tissue culture; tobacco

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 8544279671     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOP.0000047163.70240.69     Document Type: Article

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