In vitro salt tolerance and proline accumulation in Andean potato (Solanum spp.) differing in frost resistance

Plant Science

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-184

  Martinez, Carlos A ^a   Maestri, Moacyr ^a   Lani, Elisonete G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Proline; Salt tolerance; Solanum andigena; Solanum curtilobum; Solanum juzepczuckii; Solanum tuberosum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000219790     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9452(96)04374-9     Document Type: Article

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