Ascorbic Acid and α-Tocopherol Minimize Salt-Induced Wheat Leaf Senescence

BackgroundLeaf senescence is an oxidative process, and most of the catabolic events involved in senescence are propagated irreversibly once initiated. ResultsSalinity hastened the senescence of wheat flag leaves, decreased the concentrations of chlorophyll, total carotenoids, ascorbic acid, total ph...

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Main Author: Farouk S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: "Vikol publishing" ST Kolesnichenko V.V. 2011-09-01
Series:Journal of Stress Physiology & Biochemistry
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Online Access:http://www.jspb.ru/issues/2011/N3/JSPB_2011_3_58-79.pdf