Alleviation of salinity effects by sodium hypochlorite on seed germination of Limonium stocksii

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 503-511

  Khan, M Ajmal ^a   Zia, Sabahat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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Indexed keywords

LIMONIUM STOCKSII;

EID: 34547637572     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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