Responses of some newly developed salt-tolerant genotypes of spring wheat to salt stress: II. Water relations and photosynthetic capacity

Acta Botanica Neerlandica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-39

  Ashraf, M ^a,b   O'Leary, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Photosynthetic capacity; Salt tolerance; Stomatal conductance; Transpiration; Water use efficiency; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030025433     PISSN: 00445983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00493.x     Document Type: Article

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