Salinity effects on Germination of forage sorghumes

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 169-174

  Siti Aishah, H ^a   Saberi, Alireza R ^a   Halim, R A ^a   Zaharah, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Forage sorghum; Germination index; Germination percentage; Germination speed; Salinity

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 79251636213     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2010.169.174     Document Type: Article

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