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Role of foliar spray of plant growth regulators in improving photosynthetic pigments and metabolites in Plantago ovata (Psyllium) under salt stress–A field appraisal

ABDUL SAMAD¹, KANVAL SHAUKAT^1,*, MAHMOOD-UR-REHMAN ANSARI², MEREEN NIZAR¹, NOREEN ZAHRA³, AMBREEN NAZ⁴, HAFIZ MUHAMMAD WALEED IQBAL⁵, ALI RAZA⁶, VLADAN PESIC⁷, IVICA DJALOVIC⁸

1 Department of Botany, University of Balochistan, Quetta, 08770, Pakistan
2 Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
3 Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
4 Department of Food Science and Technology, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, 66000, Pakistan
5 Department of Agronomy, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef, University of Agriculture, Multan, 66000, Pakistan
6 College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
7 Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
8 Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Maxim Gorki 30, Novi Sad, 21000, Serbia

* Corresponding Author: KANVAL SHAUKAT. Email: