Alleviation of the adverse effects of soil salinity stress by foliar application of silicon on Faba bean (Vica faba L.)

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4428-4433

  Hellal, F A ^a   Abdelhamid, Magdi T ^a   Abo Basha, Doaa M ^a   Zewainy, R M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; K:Na ratio; Silicon; Soil salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992240342     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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