Effect of sodicity and salinity on seedling growth of two early successional agroforestry tree species

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-132

  Tewari, Pankaj ^a,b   Saxena, A K ^a   Rao, O P ^a  

^a N D UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b 08 Weldrof Compound   (India)

Author keywords

Acacia nilotica; Dalbergia sissoo; Quality index; Response breadth; Salinity; Seedling growth; Sodicity; Successional species

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEGUME; SALINITY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SODICITY; SUCCESSION;

ACACIA; ACACIA NILOTICA; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA SISSOO;

EID: 35648987898     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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