Growth response of some cultivars of bermuda grass (CYANODON DACTYLON L.) to salt stress

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1347-1350

  Nadeem, Muhammad ^a   Younis, Adnan ^a   Riaz, Atif ^a   Hameed, Mansoor ^a   Nawaz, Tahira ^a   Qasim, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYNODON DACTYLON; POACEAE;

EID: 84873448263     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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