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Effect of the halophytic grass Sporobolus robustus Kunth as a potential nurse plant on the germination and establishment of Vachellia seyal and Prosopis juliflora under saline conditions

Fatoumata Falla Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie (LCM) IRD/ISRA/UCAD, Dakar, SenegalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Niokhor Bakhouma Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie (LCM) IRD/ISRA/UCAD, Dakar, SenegalView further author information
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Diegane Dioufa Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie (LCM) IRD/ISRA/UCAD, Dakar, Senegal;b Université du Sine Saloum El Hadj Ibrahima Niass (USSEIN), Kaolack, SenegalView further author information
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Dioumacor Fallc Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Bambey, SenegalView further author information
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Christine Le Rouxd CIRAD, UMR LSTM, Montpellier, FranceView further author information
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Amadou Mustapha Bâd CIRAD, UMR LSTM, Montpellier, France;e Laboratoire de biologie et physiologie végétales (UMR LSTM), Université des Antilles, Guadeloupe, FranceView further author information
Pages 246-250 | Received 02 Aug 2020, Accepted 03 Aug 2020, Published online: 14 Aug 2020

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