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title = "Improving growth and yield of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) by foliar application of potassium hydroxide (KOH) under salt stress",
abstract = "An experiment was conducted to assess whether KOH applied as a foliar spray could mitigate the adverse effects of salt stress on plant growth and yield of sunflower plants. For this purpose, KOH @ 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0% was applied as a foliar spray to salt stressed and non-stressed sunflower plants. Foliar spray of KOH increased the growth and yield under non-stress and salt stressed conditions. Increasing levels of KOH increased leaf K +. Although foliarly applied KOH had growth promoting effects, it did not change nutrient status except leaf K. Thus, foliar application of K as KOH improved growth and yield of sunflower plants by improving K +/Na + ratio.",
keywords = "Helianthus, Helianthus annuus",
author = "Akram, {Muhammad Saeed} and Athar, {Habib Ur Rehman} and Muhammad Ashraf",
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year = "2007",
month = jun,
language = "English",
volume = "39",
pages = "769--776",
journal = "Pakistan Journal of Botany",
issn = "0556-3321",
publisher = "Pakistan Botanical Society",
number = "3",
}