Improving the fruit yield and quality of cucumber by grafting onto the salt tolerant rootstock under NaCl stress

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-31

  Huang, Yuan ^a   Tang, Rui ^a   Cao, Qiuliang ^a   Bie, Zhilong ^a  

^a Huazhong Agricultural University   (China)

Author keywords

Cucumber; Fruit quality; Mineral composition; Rootstock; Salinity; Yield

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; ROOTSTOCK; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VINE; VITAMIN; WATER CONTENT; YIELD RESPONSE;

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA FICIFOLIA; LAGENARIA SICERARIA;

EID: 67349275576     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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