Effects of Zinc and Ascorbic Acid Application on the Growth and Photosynthetic Pigments of Millet Plants Grown under Different Salinity
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51261#.VGAhGWfHRK0 Author(s) M. M. Hussein 1 , A. K. Alva 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Water Relations and Irrigation Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt . 2 USDA-ARS, Vegetable and Forage Crops Research Unit, Prosser, WA, USA . ABSTRACT Salinity stress impacts crop growth as well as production. The need for increased food production to feed the increasing population and the limited resources, i.e . optimal quality land and water, require developing strategies to mitigate marginal stresses, including salinity stress, for reasonable expectation of crop production. A pot experiment was conducted in a greenhouse at the National Re...