Interactive effects of salinity and biological nitrogen fixation on chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Growth

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 249-258

  Zurayk, R ^a   Adlan, M ^b   Baalbaki, R ^a   Saxena, M C ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CORPORATION   (Sudan)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Cicer arietinum L.; Germination; N fixation; Nodulation; Rhizobium; Salinity

Indexed keywords

CICER ARIETINUM; RHIZOBIUM;

CHICKPEA; GROWTH; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; SALINITY;

EID: 0031597345     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.1998.tb00531.x     Document Type: Article

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