Effect of salinity and municipal wastewater on growth performance and nutrient composition of Acacia nilotica

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 591-596

  Farooq, Hasnain ^a   Batool, Nadia ^b   Iqbal, Javaid ^a   Nouman, Wasif ^c  

^a BZU Bahadur Sub Campus Layyah   (Pakistan)

^b GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acacia nilotica; Salinity; Salt tolerance; Water types

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA NILOTICA;

EID: 77956822351     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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