Effect of growth regulators and osmotica in alleviating salinity effects on the germination of salicornia utahensis

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 35, Issue 5 SPEC.ISSUE., 2003, Pages 885-894

  Gul, Bilquees ^a,b   Khan, M Ajmal ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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