Strategy for screening eucalypts for saline lands

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-137

  Zohar, Y ^a   Di Stefano, J ^b   Bartle, J ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

'Geonics' EM 38 meter; Height; Mallee form eucalyptus; Salinity response; Screening; Tree form eucalyptus

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; LAND USE; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEED PRODUCTION;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 77649335969     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-009-9233-y     Document Type: Article

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