Silicon application improves germination and vegetative growth in maize grown under salt stress

Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 937-944

  Khan, Waqas ud Din ^a   Aziz, Tariq ^a,b   Warraich, Ejaz Ahmad ^a   Khalid, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Cereals; Germination; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951294391     PISSN: 05529034     EISSN: 20760906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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