Salinity tolerance of selected seashore paspalums and bermudagrasses: Root and verdure responses and criteria

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1143-1147

  Lee, Geungjoo ^a,b   Carrow, Robert N ^a   Duncan, Ronny R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Ctr for Appl Genetic Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynodon dactylon x C. transvaalensis; Electrical conductivity; Paspalum vaginatum; Solution sand culture; Total growth; Turfgrass

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; SALINE WATER;

SALINITY TOLERANCES; SALT STRESSES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; CYNODON TRANSVAALENSIS; PASPALUM; PASPALUM VAGINATUM; POACEAE; TOR;

EID: 3142746129     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.5.1143     Document Type: Article

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