The effects of NaCl pre-treatments on salt tolerance of melons grown under long-term salinity

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 568-581

  Sivritepe, H Özkan ^a   Sivritepe, Nuray ^a   Eriş, Atilla ^a   Turhan, Ece ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Cucumis melo; Ion content; NaCl pre treatments; Salt tolerance; Stomatal behaviour

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 25444457990     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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