Salicylic acid: physiological and biochemical changes in seeds and maize seedlings subjected to salt stress

Several plant species have development limitations on saline soils; however under water stress situations salicylic acid (SA) may have defense function by acting as antioxidant. Thereby, this study was aimed at analyzing physiological changes occurring in maize seeds treated with SA and germinated o...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Reolon Tonel, Patrícia Marini, Juliana de Magalhães Bandeira, Dario Munt de Moraes, Luciano do Amarante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Tecnologia de Sementes
Series:Journal of Seed Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-15372013000400007&lng=en&tlng=en