Salinity effects on seed germination of the common desert range grass, Panicum turgidum

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 873-878

  El Keblawy, A ^a,b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANICUM; PANICUM TURGIDUM;

EID: 11144233018     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2004.32.3.24     Document Type: Article

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