Salt tolerance of a coastal salt marsh grass

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 17-18, 2003, Pages 2595-2605

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Government Superior Science College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Grass; Halophyte; Karachi; Salt tolerance; Urochondra setulosa; Water relations

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE ION; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION;

HALOPHYTE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALTMARSH;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MARSH; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PAKISTAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SALT TOLERANCE; SEA; SURVIVAL;

PAKISTAN;

FRAXINUS; HYMENACHNE; POACEAE;

EID: 0141530922     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-120024787     Document Type: Article

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