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Seed Priming and Foliar Supplementation with β-aminobutyric Acid Alleviates Drought Stress through Mitigation of Oxidative Stress and Enhancement of Antioxidant Defense in Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.)

Tauqeer Ahmad Yasir^1,2, Muhammad Ateeq^1,3, Allah Wasaya^1,2,*, Mubshar Hussain², Naeem Sarwar², Khuram Mubeen⁴, Mudassir Aziz⁴, Muhammad Aamir Iqbal⁵, Chukwuma C. Ogbaga⁶, Ibrahim Al-Ashkar⁷, Md Atikur Rahman⁸, Ayman El Sabagh^9,10,*

1 Department of Agronomy, University of Layyah, Layyah, 31200, Pakistan
2 Department of Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60000, Pakistan
3 State Key Lab of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
4 Department of Agronomy, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, 60000, Pakistan
5 Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Rawalakot, 10250, Pakistan
6 Independent Researcher, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, UK
7 Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
8 Grassland and Forage Division, National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Cheonan, 31000, Korea
9 Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Siirt University, Siirt, 56100, Turkey
10 Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Shaikh, 33516, Egypt

* Corresponding Authors: Allah Wasaya. Email: ; Ayman El Sabagh. Email: