Supplemental Sodium Nitroprusside and Spermidine Regulate Water Balance and Chlorophyll Pigments to Improve Sunflower Yield under Terminal Drought

• Israr Hussain,
• Muhammad Asif Shehzad,
• Gulzar Akhtar,
• Khawaja Shafique Ahmad,
• Khuram Mubeen,
• Waseem Hassan,
• Hafiz Nazar Faried,
• Shabbir Ahmad,
• Mudassir Aziz,
• Sanaullah Yasin,
• Ghanim A. Al-Abbadi,
• Mohamed A. El-Sheikh,
• Hosam O. Elansary,
• Fazal Ullah

Affiliations

Israr Hussain

Department of Agronomy, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan

Muhammad Asif Shehzad

Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan

Gulzar Akhtar

Department of Horticulture, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan

Khawaja Shafique Ahmad

Department of Botany, University of Poonch Rawalakot (UPR), Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Khuram Mubeen

Department of Agronomy, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan

Waseem Hassan

Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan

Hafiz Nazar Faried

Department of Horticulture, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan

Shabbir Ahmad

Department of Food Science and Technology, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan

Mudassir Aziz

Department of Agronomy, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan

Sanaullah Yasin

Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

Ghanim A. Al-Abbadi

Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Mohamed A. El-Sheikh

Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hosam O. Elansary

Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Fazal Ullah

State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China