NaCl priming affects salt tolerance of onion (Allium cepa L.) seedlings

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 729, Issue , 2007, Pages 157-161

  Sivritepe, H O ^a   Sivritepe, N ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mean emergence time; Onion; Seed priming; Tolerance index; Tolerance ratio; Total emergence rate

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 70449348277     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.729.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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