Influence of salinity on growth and yield attributes in chickpea cultivars

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 231-235

  Singla, Ranju ^a   Garg, Neera ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chickpea; Growth; Root to shoot ratio; Salinity; Tolerance; Yield

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CULTIVARS; PLANT GROWTH; ROOT SHOOT RATIO; YIELD PARAMETERS;

SEED;

CROP YIELD; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; GROWTH; PLANTS; SALINITY; SEEDS;

CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 21744461219     PISSN: 1300011X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/tar-0407-10     Document Type: Article

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