Effects of cold stratification, temperature, light and salinity on seed germination and radicle growth of the desert halophyte shrub, Kalidium caspicum (Chenopodiaceae)

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-248

  Qu, Xiaoxia ^a,b   Baskin, Jerry M ^b   Wang, Lei ^a   Huang, Zhenying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptative strategy; Desert halophyte; Kalidium caspicum; Radicle growth; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; KALIDIUM CASPICUM;

EID: 39849096027     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-007-9246-3     Document Type: Article

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