Influence of nano-priming on seed germination and plant growth of forage and medicinal plants

M Abbasi Khalaki, M Moameri, B Asgari Lajayer… - Plant growth …, 2021 - Springer
Plant growth and development are vastly affected by different abiotic and biotic stresses.
Seed priming is an effective tool for increasing seed germination and plant growth that will …

Germination strategies of halophyte seeds under salinity

B Gul, R Ansari, TJ Flowers, MA Khan - Environmental and Experimental …, 2013 - Elsevier
Halophytes are plants of saline habitats that grow under conditions that may vary in
extremes of temperatures (freezing to very hot), water availability (drought to water logging) …

Strategies to mitigate the salt stress effects on photosynthetic apparatus and productivity of crop plants

S Mbarki, O Sytar, A Cerda, M Zivcak, A Rastogi… - Salinity Responses and …, 2018 - Springer
Soil salinization represents one of the major limiting factors of future increase in crop
production through the expansion or maintaining of cultivation area in the future. High salt …

Use of municipal solid waste compost (MSWC) as a growing medium in the nursery production of tomato plants

F Herrera, JE Castillo, AF Chica, LL Bellido - Bioresource technology, 2008 - Elsevier
Five media prepared from old peat (OP), white peat (WP) and municipal solid waste compost
(MSWC) were used to determine optimum growing media for tomatoes (Lycopersicum …

Seed germination of a halophytic grass Aeluropus lagopoides

S Gulzar, MA Khan - Annals of Botany, 2001 - Elsevier
Aeluropus lagopoides (Linn.) Trin. Ex Thw.(Poaceae) is a perennial grass distributed from
coastal Sindh and Balochistan to saline flats of Punjab, Pakistan. Seeds collected from an …

Halophytes of Pakistan: characteristics, distribution and potential economic usages

MA Khan, M Qaiser - Sabkha ecosystems: volume II: west and central Asia, 2006 - Springer
Fresh water resources are becoming increasingly limited and agricultural irrigation systems
will steadily increase in salinity in the near future. The time has come to develop sustainable …

Halophyte seed germination

MA Khan, B Gul - Ecophysiology of high salinity tolerant plants, 2006 - Springer
Halophyte seed germination, although displays a high degree of inter-and intra-specific
variability, shows some patterns in response to various environmental factors. Seeds of stem …

Germination responses of Salicornia rubra to temperature and salinity

MA Khan, B Gul, DJ Weber - Journal of Arid Environments, 2000 - Elsevier
Salicornia rubra Nels. is one of the most salt tolerant species in the western half of the
United States and Canada. Salicornia rubra seeds were collected from Goshen, Utah …

The effect of plant growth regulators, nitric oxide, nitrate, nitrite and light on the germination of dimorphic seeds of Suaeda salsa under saline conditions

W Li, X Liu, M Ajmal Khan, S Yamaguchi - Journal of plant research, 2005 - Springer
Suaeda salsa, a leaf succulent shrub in the family Chenopodiaceae, is one of the most
important halophytes in China. Suaeda salsa produces dimorphic seeds (soft brown seeds …

Effect of light, salinity, and temperature on seed germination of Limonium stocksii

S Zia, MA Khan - Canadian Journal of Botany, 2004 - cdnsciencepub.com
Le Limonium stocksii (Boiss.) Kuntze (Plumbaginaceae), est une plante pérenne ligneuse
arbustive, qui se retrouve à Hawks Bay, près de Karachi, au Pakistan. Les auteurs ont …