Salinity stress affects assimilate metabolism at the gene-expression level during fruit development and improves fruit quality in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-68

  Saito, Takeshi ^a,b   Matsukura, Chiaki ^a   Ban, Yusuke ^a   Shoji, Keiko ^a   Sugiyama, Masaki ^a   Fukuda, Naoya ^a   Nishimura, Shigeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydroponic culture; PEPCK; Salinity stress; Solanum fycopersicum; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 38749136332     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.77.61     Document Type: Article

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