Treatments for the Optimization of Salsola turcomanica (Litv) Seed Germination and the Effects of Different Drought and Salinity Levels
Subject Areas : Seed Science and TechnologyArmin Arrekhi 1 , Hamid Niknahad Gharmakher 2 , Johann Bachinger 3 , Ralf Bloch 4
1 - Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany
2 - Department of Rangeland Management, College of Rangeland and Watershed Managemet, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
3 - Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany
4 - Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany.
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