Response of four warm-season grasses to saline irrigation water under arid climate

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 619-627

  Alshammary, S F ^a   Hussain, G ^a   Qian, Y L ^b  

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

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid climate; Na+ and Cl contents; Saline irrigation water; Warm season grasses

Indexed keywords

CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); DISTICHLIS SPICATA; POACEAE;

EID: 59249085026     PISSN: 16823974     EISSN: 18125697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2008.619.627     Document Type: Article

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