Germination and seedling growth of wild green vegetables under salinity and temperature conditions

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1090-1095

  Liopa Tsakalidi, A ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Germination; Germination percentage; Germination velocity; Greenhouse; Growth rate; NaCl; Rumex acetosa; Scandix pecten veneris; Seedling heighl; Temperature; Tordylium apulum; Wild green vegetables

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINATION; GREENHOUSE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; RUMEX ACETOSA; SALINITY; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TORDYLIUM APULUM; VEGETABLE; WILD PLANT; HUMIDITY; PLANT SEED; SCANDIX PECTEN VENERIS; TEMPERATURE;

RUMEX ACETOSA; SCANDIX PECTEN-VENERIS; TORDYLIUM APULUM;

EID: 78751667829     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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