Comparative salinity tolerance of Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) vahl and Schoenoplectus juncoides (Roxb.) palla, the candidate sedges for rehabilitation of saline wetlands

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 44, Issue SPL.ISS.1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Zahoor, Iqra ^a   Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, M ^a   Hameed, Mansoor ^a   Nawaz, Tahira ^a   Tarteel, Ayesha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREX; FIMBRISTYLIS DICHOTOMA; PALLA; SCHOENOPLECTUS JUNCOIDES;

EID: 84864085026     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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