Salinity, temperature and light affect seed germination of Haloxylon salicornicum, a common perennial shrub of the Arabian deserts

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 679-688

  El Keblawy, A ^a,b   Al Shamsi, N ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOXYLON SALICORNICUM;

EID: 56849130842     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2008.36.3.17     Document Type: Article

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