Response of tomatoes, a crop of indeterminate growth, to soil salinity

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-68

  Katerji, N ^a   Van Hoorn, J W ^b   Hamdy, A ^c   Mastrorilli, M ^d  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ISTITUTO AGRONOMICO MEDITERRANEO   (Italy)

^d Istituto Sperimentale Agronomico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crop water stress; Crop water use efficiency; Leaf water potential; Osmotic adjustment; Salt tolerance; Stomatal conductance; Tomato

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032191053     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(98)00051-1     Document Type: Article

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