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Seed Priming with Potassium Nitrate Can Enhance Salt Stress Tolerance in Maize

Bushra Rehman¹, Asma Zulfiqar¹, Houneida Attia², Rehana Sardar³, Muneera A. Saleh², Khalid H. Alamer⁴, Ibtisam M. Alsudays⁵, Faisal Mehmood⁶, Qamar uz Zaman^7,*

1 Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan
2 Department of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia
3 Department of Botany, Emerson University, Multan, 60000, Pakistan
4 Biological Sciences Department, Faculty of Science and Arts, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, 21911, Saudi Arabia
5 Department of Biology, College of Science, Qassim University, Burydah, 52571, Saudi Arabia
6 Department of Chemistry Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan
7 Department of Environmental Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan

* Corresponding Author: Qamar uz Zaman. Email: