Germination strategies of two halophytes in Salt Desert of northwestern China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 115-121

  Li, Li ^a   XiMing, Zhang ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Germination strategy; Halophytes; Kalidium capsicum; Salt desert; Suaeda physophora

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION STRATEGY; HALOPHYTES; KALIDIUM CAPSICUM; SUAEDA PHYSOPHORA;

ARID REGIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE;

CULTIVATION;

DESERT; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HALOPHYTE; LIFE HISTORY; SALINITY; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIABILITY; ZONATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CAPSICUM; KALIDIUM; SUAEDA PHYSOPHORA;

EID: 34447641826     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-5004-7     Document Type: Article

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