Barley, a Potential Species for Initial Reclamation of Saline Composite Tailings of Oil Sands
Sylvie Renault*,a,
Mike MacKinnonb and
Clara Qualizzac
a Department of Botany, 505 Buller Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2
b Syncrude Canada Ltd., Edmonton Research Center, 9421-17 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6N 1H4
c Syncrude Canada Ltd., Environmental Center, Fort McMurray, AB, Canada T9H 3H5

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Fig. 1. Seedling emergence of barley seeds planted in control and tailing substrates. The * indicates a significant difference from the control for all measurement dates at = 0.05.
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