The effects of priming treatments on salt tolerance in melon seeds

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 492, Issue , 1999, Pages 287-295

  Sivritepe, H Ozkan ^a   Eris, Atilla ^a   Sivritepe, Nuray ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mean germination time; Melon seeds; NaCl priming; Tolerance index; Tolerance ratio; Total germination

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EID: 0013452529     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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