Responses of grafted watermelon onto different gourd species to salinity stress

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-327

  Yetisir, Halit ^a   Uygur, Veli ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dry weight; Fresh weight; Grafting; Ion regulation; Salinity tolerance; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 73649103079     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160903470372     Document Type: Article

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