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Salinity tolerance through seed treatment with proline

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Biologia Plantarum

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The treatment of rice seeds with 0.02% proline increased the germination under saline conditions.

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  • Bal, A. R.: A note on the comparative study of free amino-acids content between wild salt tolerant rice and cultivated rice varieties. - Curr. Sci.44: 194–195, 1975.

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  1. Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Sub-Station Canning, P. O. Canning Town, 24-Parganas, West Bengal, India

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Bal, A.R. Salinity tolerance through seed treatment with proline. Biol Plant 18, 227–229 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02922811

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