Impact of salinity on early reproductive physiology of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in relation to a heterogeneous distribution of toxic ions in flower organs

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-136

  Ghanem, Michel Edmond ^a   Van Elteren, Johannes ^b   Albacete, Alfonso ^c   Quinet, Muriel ^a   Martínez Andújar, Cristina ^c   Kinet, Jean Marie ^a   Pérez Alfocea, Francisco ^c   Lutts, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Flowering; Inflorescence; Laser ablation ICP MS; NaCl; Ovary; Pollen; Salt stress

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; FRUITS; HARDWOODS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

FLOWERING; INFLORESCENCE; LASER ABLATION ICP-MS; NACL; OVARY; POLLEN; SALT STRESS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HETEROGENEITY; REPRODUCTION; SALINITY; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VEGETABLE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 59849128123     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP08256     Document Type: Article

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