Germination, seedling growth and relative water content of shoot in different seed sizes of triticale under osmotic stress of water and NaCI

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2862-2868

  Kaydan, Digdem ^a   Yagmur, Mehmet ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drought; Germination; Seed size; Seedling growth; xTriticosecale Witm

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; MACROGOL 6000; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT STRESS; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STRESS; PLANT WATER CONTENT; ROOT LENGTH; SEED SIZE; TRITICALE;

TRITICOSECALE;

EID: 50949124881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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