Effects of salinity on growth, ionic content, and plant-water status of Aeluropus lagopoides

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 1657-1668

  Gulzar, Salman ^a,b   Khan, M Ajmal ^a   Ungar, Irwin A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b Government Superior Science College   (Pakistan)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeluropus lagopoides; Growth; Halophyte; Ionic content; Salt tolerance; Water relations

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

GROWTH RATE; HALOPHYTE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

AELUROPUS LAGOPOIDES; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC POTENTIAL; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENT; PLANT WATER POTENTIAL; PLANT WATER RELATION; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE;

AELUROPUS;

EID: 0038321446     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-120021303     Document Type: Article

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