Salinity, temperature and light affect germination of Salsola imbricata

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 272-281

  El Keblawy, A ^a,b   Al Ansari, F ^a   Hassan, N ^a   Al Shamsi, N ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; SALSOLA; SALSOLA IMBRICATA;

EID: 34548304030     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2007.35.2.03     Document Type: Article

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