Growth, flowering and chemical constituents performence of Amaranthus tricolor plants as influenced by seaweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) extract application under salt stress conditions

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1472-1484

  Aziz, Nahed G Abdel ^a   Mahgoub, Mona H ^a   Siam, Hanan S ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Plant Nutriation Department   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chemicals constituents; Flowering; Growth; Salinity; Seaweed extracts (Ascophyllum nodosum)

Indexed keywords

EID: 83355172181     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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