Abstract Effects of different concentrations of ethanol extract from Peganum multisectum Bobr on the growth and physiological characteristics of tomato seedlings were investigated. The results showed that by soaking seeds with the extract, the plant height, stem diameter, leaf area, dry weight, content of chlorophyll proline, nitrate reductase activity, root vitality, photosynthesis rate, activity of SOD, CAT and POD were all increased, content of MDA and permeability of cell membrane were decreased. The optimum con...
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Received: 01 November 2004
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