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Foliar Application of Phosphorus Enhances Photosynthesis and Biochemical Characteristics of Maize under Drought Stress

Zahoor Ahmad^1,2,*, Ejaz Ahmad Waraich³, Muhammad Zia ur Rehman⁴, Muhammad Ashar Ayub⁴, Muhammad Usman⁴, Hesham Alharby⁵, Atif Bamagoos⁵, Celaleddin Barutçular¹, Muhammad Ali Raza⁶, Fatih Çiğ⁷, Ayman El Sabagh^7,8,*

1 Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Çukurova University, Adana, 01330, Turkey
2 Department of Botany, University of Central Punjab (UCP), Punjab Group of Colleges, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
3 Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
4 Institute of Soil and Environmental Science, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
5 Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21577, Saudi Arabia
6 College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
7 Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Siirt University, Siirt, 56100, Turkey
8 Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kafrelsheikh, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt

* Corresponding Authors: Zahoor Ahmad. Email: ; Ayman El Sabagh. Email: