Inula crithmoides: A candidate plant for saline agriculture

Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-223

  Zurayk, R A ^a   Baalbaki, R ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Asteracea; Ethnobotany; Growth; Halophytes; Iodine; Ionic relations; Propagation; Protein content; Salinity

Indexed keywords

INULA CRITHMOIDES; ASTERACEAE;

HALOPHYTE; POTENTIAL CROP; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY;

LEBANON;

EID: 0029660780     PISSN: 08903069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324989609381436     Document Type: Article

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