Zinc and Paclobutrazol Mediated Regulation of Growth, Upregulating Antioxidant Aptitude and Plant Productivity of Pea Plants under Salinity
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Plant Growth
2.2. Chlorophyll
2.3. Ion Percentage
2.4. Antioxidant Solutes
2.5. Activities of Antioxidant Enzymes
2.6. Yield Attributes
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Experimental Design
4.2. Measurement of Vegetative Attributes
4.3. Physiological and Biochemical Trials
4.4. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sofy, M.R.; Elhindi, K.M.; Farouk, S.; Alotaibi, M.A. Zinc and Paclobutrazol Mediated Regulation of Growth, Upregulating Antioxidant Aptitude and Plant Productivity of Pea Plants under Salinity. Plants 2020, 9, 1197. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091197
Sofy MR, Elhindi KM, Farouk S, Alotaibi MA. Zinc and Paclobutrazol Mediated Regulation of Growth, Upregulating Antioxidant Aptitude and Plant Productivity of Pea Plants under Salinity. Plants. 2020; 9(9):1197. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091197
Chicago/Turabian StyleSofy, Mahmoud R., Khalid M. Elhindi, Saad Farouk, and Majed A. Alotaibi. 2020. "Zinc and Paclobutrazol Mediated Regulation of Growth, Upregulating Antioxidant Aptitude and Plant Productivity of Pea Plants under Salinity" Plants 9, no. 9: 1197. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091197