Root-zone sodium chloride influences photosynthesis, water relations, and mineral content of sapodilla foliage

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 230-233

  Mickelbart, Michael V ^a   Marier, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Manilkara zapota; Net CO2 assimilation

Indexed keywords

MANILKARA ZAPOTA;

EID: 0000071119     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.2.230     Document Type: Article

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