Foliar Application of Iron and Zinc on Quinoa under Drought Stress Affects Its Seeds Germination and Biochemical Properties

Subject Areas : Plant Physiology

Nasim  Pakbaz ¹ (Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran)
Heshmat  Omidi ² (Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran |Medicinal Plants Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran)
Hassan Ali  Naghdi Badi ³ (Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran |Medicinal Plants Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran)
Amir  Bostani ⁴ (Department of Soil Sciences, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2021-08-09 Accepted : 2021-09-19 Published : 2022-06-01

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