Vegetative growth performance of five medicinal plants under NaCl salt stress

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 303-316

  Muhammad, Zahir ^a   Hussain, Farrukh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; NIGELLA SATIVA; PLANTAGO OVATA; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 77949708813     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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