Salinity tolerance potential of two acacia species at early seedling stage

Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 683-688

  Abbas, Ghulam ^a   Saqib, Muhammad ^a   Akhtar, Javaid ^a   Basra, S M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acacia species; Ionic composition; K+: Na+ ratio; NaCl; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891525548     PISSN: 05529034     EISSN: 20760906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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