Eco-morphic variation for salt tolerance in some grasses from Cholistan desert, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1707-1714

  Naz, Nargis ^a   Hameed, Mansoor ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Rashid ^a   Arshad, Muhammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON JWARANCUSA; LASIURUS SCINDICUS; POACEAE;

EID: 70349671616     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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