Various attempts in greening the state of Kuwait;Mannifaltig versuche das ergrünen der staat aus Kuwait

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 353-360

  Suleiman, Majda Khalil ^a   Bhat, Narayana ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bio remediated; Desert rehabilitation; Desertification; Kuwait; Ornamental plants; Re vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149100213     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340310001634371     Document Type: Article

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