Tomato leaf photosynthetic responses to humidity and temperature under salinity and water deficit

Pedosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-112

  Xu, H L ^a   Wang, R ^a   Gauthier, L ^b   Gosselin, A ^b  

^a International Nature Farming Research Center   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Humidity; Photosynthesis; Rhizosphere salinity; Temperature; Water stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004732689     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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