Ryan, J and Miyamoto, S and Stroehlein, J L (1975) Salt and Specific Ion Effects on Germination of Four Grass. Journal of Range Management, 28 (1). pp. 61-64.
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Abstract
The effects of $NaCl$, CaCl2, MgCl2, $NaSO_{4}$, $CaSO_{4}\cdot 2H_{2}O$, and $MgSO_{4}\cdot 7H_{2}O$ at concentrations of 50, 100, 150, and 200 meq/l were studied on germination of the following range grasses: blue panicgrass (Panicum antidotale Retz.), Lehmann lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees.), Wilman lovegrass (E. superba Peyr.), and weeping lovegrass (E. curvula (Schrad.) Nees.). Increasing salt concentrations decreased germination. The extent of the decrease varied with the species and the type of salt. Inhibition was greatest with Mg and least with Ca salts. When $MgSO_{4}\cdot 7H_{2}O$ was used, the effect was less than the equivalent concentration of MgCl2. At equal osmotic pressures the effect of specific ions varied. Wilman and weeping lovegrasses were found to be relatively salt tolerant.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona |
| Subjects: | Agricultural Engineering Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Library ICRISAT-InfoSAT |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2012 13:38 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Feb 2012 13:38 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/3047 |
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