Investigation the effects of cadmium chloride and copper sulfate on germination and seedling growth of Agropyron elongatum

Modern Applied Science

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 232-243

  Saber, Morteza ^a   Shahriari, Alireza ^a   Tarnian, Farajollah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agropyron elongatum; Cadmium; Copper sulfate; Germination; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155197437     PISSN: 19131844     EISSN: 19131852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/mas.v5n5p232     Document Type: Article

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