Rooting and shoot growth of stem cuttings of saltcedar (Tamarix Chinensis lour) under salt stress

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 4133-4142

  Li, Weiqiang ^a   Ajmal Khan, M ^b   Zhang, Xiumei ^a   Liu, Xiaojing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMARIX CHINENSIS;

EID: 78751526306     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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