Germination of different seed size of pinto bean cultivars as affected by salinity and drought stress

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 555-558

  Gholami, Ahmad ^a   Sharafi, Saeed ^b   Sharafi, Amir ^c   Ghasemi, Soraya ^d  

^a SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^d Ilam Azad University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drought; Germination; Phaseolus vulgaris; Pinto bean; Salinity; Seed reserve; Seed size

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT STRESS; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ROOT LENGTH; SALINITY; SEED SIZE; SHOOT;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 66349092458     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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