Alleviation of salt-induced seed dormancy in the perennial halophyte Crithmum maritimum L. (Apiaceae)

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 38, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 1367-1372

  Atia, Abdallah ^a   Debez, Ahmed ^a,b   Rabhi, Mokded ^a   Athar, Habib Ur Rehman ^c   Abdelly, Chedly ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Germination; Halophyte; Nitrate; Priming; Salinity; Thiourea

Indexed keywords

APIACEAE; APIALES; CRITHMUM MARITIMUM;

EID: 54449089480     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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