Ambiol preconditioning can induce drought tolerance in Abscisic Acid-deficient Tomato seedlings

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1890-1894

  Macdonald, Mason T ^a   Lada, Rajasekaran R ^a   Hoyle, Jeff ^a   Robinson, A Robin ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 hydroxybenzimidazole; ABA; ABA inhibitor; ABA deficient; Flacca; Fluridone; Solanum lycopersicum L; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 72849140255     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.7.1890     Document Type: Article

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