Influence of salinity on growth and osmotic relations of Sporobolus ioclados

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-129

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b Government Superior Science College   (Pakistan)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Shijiazhuang Institute of Agricultural Modernization Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; SPOROBOLUS; SPOROBOLUS IOCLADOS;

EID: 18944390443     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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