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PJB-2009-204

GROWTH ANALYSIS OF KOCHIA (KOCHIA SCOPARIA (L.) SCHRAD) IRRIGATED WITH SALINE WATER IN SUMMER CROPPING

MASOUME SALEHI1, MOHAMMAD KAFI1* AND ALIREZA KIANI2
Abstract

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Kochia species has recently attracted the attention of researchers as a forage and fodder crop in marginal lands worldwide. Kochia is drought and salt tolerant and native to Iran. This plant has a potential to grow in saline soils and it can be irrigated with brackish water. To evaluate how salinity stress affects growth parameters, an experiment was conducted wherein plants of Kochia scoparia were exposed to six levels of saline waters (1.5, 7

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