Screening for salt tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids at an early seedling stage

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-154

  Akram, Muhammad ^c   Ashraf, Muhammad Yasin ^b   Ahmad, Rashid ^a   Waraich, Ejaz Ahmed ^a   Iqbal, Javed ^a   Mohsan, Muhammad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^c AARI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77949676026     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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