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Transpiration rate, stomatal frequency, growth, contents of pigments, saccharides, total nitrogen, proteins and some nutritive elements (K, Ca, Mg, P) of radish plants were significantly lowere dwith the rise in salinization levels using NaCl. Spraying radish shoots with proline solution (200 g m-3) counteracted the above adverse effects, especially at low and moderate salinity.
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Shaddad, M.A. The effect of proline application on the physiology ofraphanus sativus plants grown under salinity stress. Biol Plant 32, 104–112 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02897548
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