Morpho-physiological characterization of chilli genotypes under NaCl salinity

Soil and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-141

  Mustafa, Zaid ^a   Pervez, Muhammad Aslam ^a   Ayyub, Chaudhary Muhammad ^a   Matloob, Amar ^a   Khaliq, Abdul ^a   Hussain, Saddam ^a,b   Ihsan, Muhammad Zahid ^c   Butt, Madiha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Na+ ion; Photosynthetic activity; Salt stress; Seedling growth; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911492928     PISSN: 20749546     EISSN: 20751141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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