Pre-exposure to gamma rays alleviates the harmful effect of salinity on cowpea plants
Soil salinity is one of the most severe factors limiting growth and physiological response in cowpea plants. In this study, the low concentrations of NaCl (25mM) increased plant growth, photosynthetic pigments content, total soluble protein content, nucleic acids contents (DNA and RNA), lipid peroxi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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"Vikol publishing" ST Kolesnichenko V.V.
2012-11-01
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Series: | Journal of Stress Physiology & Biochemistry |
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Online Access: | http://www.jspb.ru/issues/2012/N4/JSPB_2012_4_199-217.pdf |