Germination strategies of halophyte seeds under salinity

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 4-18

  Gul, Bilquees ^a   Ansari, Raziuddin ^a   Flowers, Timothy J ^b,c   Khan, M Ajmal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Halophytes; Heteromorphism; Osmopriming; Recovery; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; GROWTH; HALOPHYTE; IMBIBITION; SALINITY; SEED DORMANCY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84878177160     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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