Improving cucumber tolerance to major nutrients induced salinity by grafting onto Cucurbita ficifolia

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-38

  Huang, Yuan ^a   Bie, Zhilong ^a   He, Sanpeng ^a   Hua, Bin ^a   Zhen, Ai ^a   Liu, Zhixiong ^a  

^a Huazhong Agricultural University   (China)

Author keywords

Cucumber; Cucurbita ficifolia; Grafting; Mineral nutrition; Physiological response; Salt stress

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALT; VINE; WATER CONTENT;

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

EID: 77950517302     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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