Effects of salinity on germination of six salt-tolerant forage species and their recovery from saline conditions

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-269

  Shen, Yu Ying ^a   Li, Yun ^a   Yan, Shun Guo ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bromus inermis; Elytrigia elongata; Hordeum brevisubulatum; Kalidium gracile; Puccinellia tenuiflora; Radicle growth; Shoot growth; Suaeda salsa

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; GERMINATION; SALINITY; SHOOT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; ELYTRIGIA; ELYTRIGIA ELONGATA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM BREVISUBULATUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; KALIDIUM; KALIDIUM GRACILE; PUCCINELLIA; PUCCINELLIA TENUIFLORA; SUAEDA; SUAEDA SALSA; THINOPYRUM ELONGATUM;

EID: 0347660653     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2003.9513552     Document Type: Article

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