Physiological responses of pepper to salinity and drought

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-54

  De Pascale, Stefania ^a   Ruggiero, Celestino ^a   Barbieri, Giancarlo ^a   Maggio, Albino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Trisaia Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum; Drought stress; Gas exchanges; Ion content; Leaf and root water potentials; Salt stress

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 0037215831     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.128.1.0048     Document Type: Article

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