Toxic effects of zinc on different tree seedlings

Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 150-153

  Iqbal, Muhammad Zafar ^a   Shafiq, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Germination; Seedling growth; Tolerance; Toxicity; Zinc sulfate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348225454     PISSN: 00309885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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