Effect of Salinity and Plant Growth Promoters on Secondary Metabolism and Growth of Milk Thistle Ecotypes

Milk thistle (<i>Silybum marianum</i> (L.)) is a wild medicinal herbal plant that is widely used in folk medicine due to its high content of secondary metabolites (SMs) and silymarin; however, the data regarding the response of milk thistle to salinity are still scarce and scanty. The pr...

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Main Authors: Noreen Zahra, Abdul Wahid, Muhammad Bilal Hafeez, Irfana Lalarukh, Aaliya Batool, Muhammad Uzair, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Saleh Alansi, Prashant Kaushik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Life
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/12/10/1530