Effect of saline irrigation on growth characteristics and mineral composition of two local halophytes under Saudi environmental conditions

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2116-2121

  Alshammary, Saad F ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Atriplex halimus; Halophytes; Irrigation water salinity; Plant protein and mineral contents; Salt tolerance; Salvadora persica

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ATRIPLEX; BIOMASS; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALOPHYTE; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SALVADORACEAE; SAUDI ARABIA;

ATRIPLEX; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; MINERALS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS; SALVADORACEAE; SAUDI ARABIA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX HALIMUS; SALVADORA PERSICA;

EID: 57749106405     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.2116.2121     Document Type: Article

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