Short term incubation of sorghum caryopses in sodium chloride levels: Changes in some pre- and post-germination physiological parameters

Plant Science

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-232

  Wahid, Abdul ^a   Javed, Intshar Ul Haq ^a   Ali, Iftikhar ^a   Baig, Anila ^b   Rasul, Ejaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Caryopses; Cortex; Embryonic tissues; Ion toxicity; Nutrients; Partitioning

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; SORGHUM;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0032585631     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(98)00124-1     Document Type: Article

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