Relationship between tomato fruit growth and fruit osmotic potential under salinity

Plant Science

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1153-1159

  Bolarin, Maria C ^a   Estañ, Maria T ^a   Caro, Manuel ^a   Romero Aranda, Remedios ^b   Cuartero, Jesus ^b  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inorganic solutes; L. esculentum; L. pimpinellifolium; Osmotic potential; Salt tolerance; Sugars

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSES; GROWTH KINETICS; OSMOSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FRUIT OSMOTIC POTENTIAL;

FRUITS;

HEXOSE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON PIMPINELLIFOLIUM; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PLANT GROWTH; REDUCTION; SALINITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOMATO; WATER CONTENT; WEIGHT;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON PIMPINELLIFOLIUM;

EID: 0035033203     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(01)00360-0     Document Type: Article

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