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Germination and growth responses of 15 early to midseason cultivars ofTrifolium subterraneum L. were determined at a range of irrigation water salinities (NaCl).
There were significant cultivar differences in seed germination under standard conditions in the presence of pure solutions of NaCl from −10 to −330 kPa osmotic potential range.
There were also significant cultivar differences in growth on a clay loam soil with increasing NaCl over the same range of osmotic potentials as used to test germination.
There was a generally poor correlation between salt tolerance at germination and at later stages of growth.
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West, D.W., Taylor, J.A. Germination and growth of cultivars ofTrifolium subterraneum L. in the presence of sodium chloride salinity. Plant Soil 62, 221–230 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02374086
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