Effects of seeding rate and fertilizer on establishment and growth of Atriplex halimus and Medicago arborea

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-115

  Bouzid, S M ^a,c   Papanastasis, V P ^b  

^a MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Societe Generale des Etud Maghreb   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

establishment and growth; fertilizer; Mediterranean; seeding rate; semi arid

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX HALIMUS; MEDICAGO ARBOREA; CHENOPODIACEAE; FABACEAE;

FERTILIZER; SEEDING RATE;

GREECE, MACEDONIA;

EID: 0030131624     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0050     Document Type: Article

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