Effect of salinity on seed germination and early growth of five natural populations of Atriplex halimus L. in Morocco

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-251

  Haddioui, A ^a   Baaziz, M ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES GUÉLIZ   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX HALIMUS;

EID: 34548506251     PISSN: 09715894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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