Seed germination and seedling growth of trees in soil extracts from Korangi and Landhi industrial areas of Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of New Seeds

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 33-45

  Rehman, Syed Atiqur ^a   Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cultivated and natural growing plants; Industrial areas; Industrial pollution; Plant growth; Soil extracts of industrial areas

Indexed keywords

ALBIZIA LEBBECK; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; PELTOPHORUM PTEROCARPUM; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; THESPESIA POPULNEA;

EID: 34447130810     PISSN: 1522886X     EISSN: 15229025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J153v08n04_03     Document Type: Article

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