Determining salinity threshold level for Castor bean emergence and stand establishment

Crop Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2030-2036

  Zhou, Guisheng ^a   Ma, B L ^b   Li, Jun ^a   Feng, Chaonian ^a   Lu, Jianfei ^a   Qin, Pei ^c  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 78650126938     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.09.0535     Document Type: Article

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