African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12428

Full Length Research Paper

Germination, growth and physiological responses of Senegalia senegal (L.) Britton, Vachellia seyal (Delile) P. Hurter and Prosopis juliflora (Swartz) DC to salinity stress in greenhouse conditions

Dioumacor Fall
  • Dioumacor Fall
  • Centre National de Recherches Forestières (CNRF)/Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Route des Pères Maristes, BP 2312, Dakar, Sénégal
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Niokhor Bakhoum
  • Niokhor Bakhoum
  • Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD (LCM), Centre de Recherche de Bel-Air, BP 1386, Dakar, Sénégal.
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Fatoumata Fall
  • Fatoumata Fall
  • Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD (LCM), Centre de Recherche de Bel-Air, BP 1386, Dakar, Sénégal.
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Fatou Diouf
  • Fatou Diouf
  • Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD (LCM), Centre de Recherche de Bel-Air, BP 1386, Dakar, Sénégal.
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Mamadou O. Ly
  • Mamadou O. Ly
  • Centre National de Recherches Forestières (CNRF)/Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Route des Pères Maristes, BP 2312, Dakar, Sénégal
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Mayécor Diouf
  • Mayécor Diouf
  • Centre National de Recherches Forestières (CNRF)/Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Route des Pères Maristes, BP 2312, Dakar, Sénégal
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Djamel Gully
  • Djamel Gully
  • Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM)/Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) TA A-82/J, Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier, France.
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Valérie Hocher
  • Valérie Hocher
  • Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM)/Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) TA A-82/J, Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier, France.
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Diégane Diouf
  • Diégane Diouf
  • Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD (LCM), Centre de Recherche de Bel-Air, BP 1386, Dakar, Sénégal.
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  •  Received: 09 June 2016
  •  Accepted: 18 August 2016
  •  Published: 14 September 2016

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