Mild salinity improves sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) quality

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-305

  Hajiboland, Roghieh ^a   Joudmand, Arshad ^a   Fotouhi, Keivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b Research Institute of Sugar Beet   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Gas exchange; Leaf area; Sugar content; Yield of storage root

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849107074     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710802154714     Document Type: Article

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