Tolerance and recovery responses of playa halophytes to light, salinity and temperature stresses during seed germination

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 764-771

  Ahmed, Zaheer M ^a   Khan, Ajmal M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Germination; Novel crops; Opportunity window; Playa; Stress release

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DORMANCY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GERMINATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PLAYA; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEED; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PAKISTAN;

HALOGETON GLOMERATUS; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM LATIFOLIUM; PEGANUM HARMALA;

EID: 78049425260     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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