The adaptive strategies of halophyte seed germination

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2389-2398

  Qu, Xiao Xia ^a,b   Huang, Zhen Ying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive strategies; Halophyte; Salinity; Seed germination; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 26244449981     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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