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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 1998 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 226-227
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.1998.226.227
Effect of salinity on germination and seedling growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
N. Iqbal, H. Y. Ashraf, F. Javed, Z. Iqbal and G. H. Shah

Abstract: Studies to test the salinity effect on germination and seedling growth of three wheat varieties were conducted in controlled temperature room (C.T. room)and results showed that germination percentage, shoot and root lengths and fresh and dry weights drecreased due to salinity in all the wheat varieties. Among the varieties LU-265 showed better response for all these parameters followed by Pasban and Sarsabz.

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N. Iqbal, H. Y. Ashraf, F. Javed, Z. Iqbal and G. H. Shah, 1998. Effect of salinity on germination and seedling growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 1: 226-227.

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