Response of plant yield and leaf pigments to saline conditions: Effectiveness of different rootstocks in melon plants (cucumis melo l.)

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 855-862

  Romero, Luis ^a   Belakbir, Amal ^a   Ragala, Lamia ^a   Ruiz, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genotype; Leaf Cl ; Leaf Na+; Melon; Salinity

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; GRAFT HYBRIDIZATION; GREENHOUSE; IRRIGATION; MEASUREMENT; PIGMENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT; POTASSIUM; REGENERATIVE ABILITY; ROOTSTOCK; SALT; SODIUM;

CUCUMIS MELO; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA;

EID: 0031403186     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.1997.10414652     Document Type: Article

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