Comparative Effects of Hydropriming and Halopriming on Germination Performance of Secale montanum Guss. under Salinity Stress

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Seyed Morteza Araghi Shahri ¹ , Ghasem Ali Dianati Tilaki ² , Behzad Behtari ³ , Mohammad Ali Alizadeh ⁴

1 - Range Management, Department of Range Management Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Mazandaran
2 - Department of Range Management Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor Mazandaran,
3 - Rangeland Management Department, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University,
4 - Research Institute of Forests and Rangeland Tehran

Received: 2014-04-13 Accepted : 2014-07-05 Published : 2014-07-05

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