Improved salt tolerance of melon (Cucumis melo L.) by the addition of proline and potassium nitrate

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-403

  Kaya, Cengiz ^a   Tuna, A Levent ^b   Ashraf, Muhammad ^c   Altunlu, Hakan ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Amelioration; Exogenous application; Fruit; Potassium nitrate; Proline; Salinity; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FRUIT; GROWTH; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; REMEDIATION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALT;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 34250737900     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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