Salt stress: antioxidant activity as a physiological adaptation of onion cultivars

The germination and development of several plant species can be limited when those plants are grown in soils with high salinity, which reduces seedling viability and vigor, as well as activating the antioxidant defense system. The aim of this study was to evaluate germination, initial growth and act...

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Main Authors: Natália Silveira Corrêa, Juliana de Magalhães Bandeira, Patrícia Marini, Isabel Cristina Gouvea de Borba, Nei Fernandes Lopes, Dario Munt de Moraes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil 2013-06-01
Series:Acta Botânica Brasílica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062013000200013&lng=en&tlng=en