Responses of alfalfa to potassium, calcium, and nitrogen under stress induced by sodium chloride

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-259

  Khan, M G ^a,b   Silberbush, M ^a   Lips, S H ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b M J P ROHILKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

CO2 assimilation; Dry mass; Nitrate content; Nitrate reductase activity; Relative growth rate; Stomatal conductance; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031544776     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001072704686     Document Type: Article

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