Response of forage yield, protein and proline contents of alfalfa genotypes to irrigation water salinity and phosphorus fertilizer

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 551-557

  El Nakhlawy, Fathy Saad ^a   Shaheen, Mohamed A ^a   Al Shareef, Abdulmohsin R ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; DNA; Forage yield; Phosphorus; Proline; Salinity

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS; PROLINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

AL TAEF; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; FORAGE YIELD; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; HASAWI; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAKKAH; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN CONTENT; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SABKHAWI; SALINITY; SALT STRESS;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84856854080     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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