Application of Trehalose and Salicylic Acid Mitigates Drought Stress in Sweet Basil and Improves Plant Growth

Trehalose (Tre) and salicylic acid (SA) are increasingly used to mitigate drought stress in crop plants. In this study, a pot experiment was performed to study the influence of Tre and SA applied individually or in combination on the growth, photosynthesis, and antioxidant responses of sweet basil (...

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Main Authors: Faisal Zulfiqar, Jianjun Chen, Patrick M. Finnegan, Adnan Younis, Muhammad Nafees, Walid Zorrig, Karim Ben Hamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Plants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/6/1078