Seed size effects on emergence, height growth, and shoot biomass of first-year alfalfa grown in saline media

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-132

  Steppuhn, Harold ^a   Wall, Ken G ^a   Jefferson, Paul G ^b  

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Crop production; Crop response to salinity; Forage; Salinity; Salt resistance; Salt tolerance; Seed size

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP RESPONSE TO SALINITY; FORAGE; SALINITY; SALT RESISTANCE; SALT TOLERANCE; SEED SIZE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; CROPS; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SIZE SEPARATION; SOFTWOODS; SOLS;

SEED;

ALFALFA; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CROP PRODUCTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EMERGENCE; FORAGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; HYDROPONICS; ROOTING; SALINITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEED SIZE; SEED TREATMENT; SHOOT; SULFATE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 60749093669     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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