Association of salt tolerance at seedling emergence with adult plant performance in slender wheatgrass

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-89

  Pearen, J R ^a   Pahl, M D ^b   Wolynetz, M S ^c   Hermesh, R ^d  

^a LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Alberta Environmental Centre   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d Environmental Protection Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agropyron elongatum (Host) Beauv. (= Thinopyron ponticum (Podpera) Lu and Wong); Elymus trachycalus sp. trachycalus (= Agropyron trachycaulum Link Malte); emergence; genetic screening; salt tolerance; Slender wheatgrass; tall wheatgrass

Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON; ELYMUS; ELYMUS TRACHYCAULUS; ELYMUS TRACHYCAULUS TRACHYCAULUS; THINOPYRON; THINOPYRUM ELONGATUM; TRIXIS; AGROPYRON ELONGATUM; AGROPYRON TRACHYCAULUM; ELYMUS TRACHYCALUS TRACHYCALUS; POACEAE; THINOPYRON PONTICUM;

ADULT PLANT; PLANT PERFORMANCE; SALT TOLERANCE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SLENDER WHEATGRASS; TALL WHEATGRASS;

EID: 0031464732     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P95-159     Document Type: Article

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