Responses of three tomato cultivars to sea water salinity 1. Effect of salinity on the seedling growth

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 855-861

  Hajer, A S ^a   Malibari, A A ^a   Al Zahrani, H S ^a   Almaghrabi, O A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll and growth; Germination; Lycopersicon esculentum; Salinity; Tomato cultivars

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL B; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SALINITY; SEEDLING; TOMATO;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33646901380     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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