Tomato and salinity

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 78, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 83-125

  Cuartero, Jesús ^a   Fernández Muñoz, Rafael ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding; Cultural techniques; Fruit quality; Germination; Growth; Lycopersicon spp.; Tolerance to salinity; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344699332     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(98)00191-5     Document Type: Review

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