Assessment of inter-cultivar variations for salinity tolerance in winter radish (Raphanus sativus L.) using photosynthetic attributes as effective selection criteria

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 384-388

  Munir, Saba ^a   Siddiqi, Ejaz Hussain ^a   Bhatti, Khizar Hayat ^a   Nawaz, Khalid ^a   Hussain, Khalid ^a   Rashid, Rizwan ^b   Hussain, Iqbal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT   (Pakistan)

^b GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Assessment; Photosynthetic attributes; Radish; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872781024     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.21.3.2860     Document Type: Article

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