Retracted: Effect of Salinity on Biomass Yield and Physiological and Stem-Root Anatomical Characteristics of Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) Accessions (BioMed Research International (2015) 2015 (105695) DOI: 10.1155/2015/105695);Effect of salinity on biomass yield and physiological and stem-root anatomical characteristics of purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) accessions

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Alam, Md Amirul ^a   Juraimi, Abdul Shukor ^a   Rafii, M Y ^a   Abdul Hamid, Azizah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; BIOMASS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTULACA;

PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PORTULACA; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84924559486     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2019/9458681     Document Type: Erratum

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