Assessment of tolerance to salt stress in Kenyan tomato germplasm

Euphytica

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-66

  Agong, Stephen Gaya ^a,b   Schittenhelm, Siegfried ^a   Friedt, Wolfgang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Breeding potential; Lycopersicon esculentum; Osmotic adjustment; Salt stress tolerance; Tomato landraces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030978374     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002933325347     Document Type: Article

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