Screening of sodicity tolerance in Aloe vera: An industrial crop for utilization of sodic lands

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 528-533

  Rahi, Talevar Singh ^a   Singh, Kripal ^a   Singh, Bajrang ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Aloin content; Biomass; Gel yield; Sodicity stress

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA; ALOIN CONTENT; CONTROL PLANTS; EXCHANGEABLE SODIUM PERCENTAGES; GEL CONTENTS; INDUSTRIAL CROPS; LEAF BIOMASS; NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; SODIC SOIL; SODICITY; USE EFFICIENCY;

BIOMASS; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM; SOILS; YIELD STRESS;

ECOLOGY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEL; GROWTH; HERB; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SODIC SOIL; SODICITY; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

ALOE VERA;

EID: 84872498449     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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