Causes of salinity and plant manifestations to salt stress: A review

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 667-685

  Yadav, Sangeeta ^a   Irfan, MohD ^a   Ahmad, Aqil ^a   Hayat, Shamsul ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Management strategies; Physiological manifestation; Planet tolerance; Salinity stress

Indexed keywords

CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; DEFORESTATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FLOODING; GLYPHOSATE; GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHYTOTOXICITY; POROSITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SODICITY; SOIL TEXTURE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 80655135691     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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