Germination of seeds and propagules under salt stress

Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 321-337

  Wahid, Abdul ^a   Farooq, Muhammad ^a   Basra, Shahzad M A ^a   Rasul, Ejaz ^b   Siddique, Kadambot H M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Foreman Christian College   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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