Effects of exogenous silicon on germination characteristics of cucumber seeds under NaHCO3 stress

International Conference on Challenges in Environmental Science and Computer Engineering, CESCE 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 471-474

  Sun, Yongdong ^a   Luo, Weirong ^a   Zhang, Wenjie ^a   Zhou, Xiumei ^a  

^a HENAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cucumber seeds; Exogenous silicon; Germination characteristic; NaHCO3 stress

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; CUCUMBER SEEDS; DISTILLED WATER; EXOGENOUS SILICON; FRESH WEIGHT; GERMINATION CHARACTERISTIC; GERMINATION INDEX; GERMINATION POTENTIAL; GERMINATION RATES; NAHCO3 STRESS; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SILICON CONCENTRATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SODIUM;

SEED;

EID: 78650500281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CESCE.2010.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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