Heterotic response of F1 sorghum hybrids to NaCl salinity at early stage of plant growth

Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-53

  Azhar, Faqir Muhammad ^a   Hussain, Syed Sarfraz ^a   Mahmood, Ishtiaq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Heterosis; Salinity; Sorghum Hybrids

Indexed keywords

GENOTYPE; HETEROBELTOSIS; HETEROSIS; HYBRID; PLANT GROWTH; SALT TOLERANCE; SORGHUM;

ARTICLE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HETEROSIS; HYBRID; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PROGENY; SALINITY; SORGHUM;

EID: 0032453905     PISSN: 00309885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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