Published January 1, 2018 | Version v1
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Tolerance capacity of Turkish genotypes of barley (Hordeum vulagare L.) for cadmium stress

  • 1. Aligarh Muslim Univ, Fac Life Sci, Dept Bot, Nanobiotechnol Lab, Aligarh 202002, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • 2. King Saud Univ, Coll Food & Agr Sci, Dept Plant Prod, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
  • 3. Univ South Australia, Mawson Inst, Environm Contaminants Grp, Mawson Lakes 5095, Australia
  • 4. Hamdard Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Bot, Mol Ecol Lab, New Delhi 110062, India

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Aim : Elevated levels of heavy metals in agricultural soils result in significant contamination of food in Turkey, where cadmium toxicity is currently one of the most serious environmental issues. This study was undertaken to screen the various Turkish genotypes of barley for their sensitivity/tolerance towards cadmium stress.

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