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Year: 2003 | Volume: 3 | Issue: 2 | Page No.: 253-258
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2003.253.258
Response of Vegetative Growth of Maize (Zea mays) to a Range of Salinity
M. Ashrafuzzaman, M.A. Halim Khan and S.M. Shahidullah

Abstract: A pot experiment was conducted with five levels of salinity (EC 0, 2.0, 4.0, 6.0 and 8.0 dSm-1) obtained by adding NaCl with soil in order to study the effect of salinity on vegetative growth of maize. Higher salinity levels caused significant reduction in growth parameters like leaf length, leaf breadth, leaf number and leaf area, root dry weight, shoot dry weight and total dry weight. However, it had less effect on root: shoot ratio.

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M. Ashrafuzzaman, M.A. Halim Khan and S.M. Shahidullah , 2003. Response of Vegetative Growth of Maize (Zea mays) to a Range of Salinity. Journal of Biological Sciences, 3: 253-258.

Keywords: QPM CV. Nutricta (Quality protein maize), salinity and vegetative growth

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