Leaf gas exchanges and mineral ion composition in xylem sap of iranian melon affected by rootstocks and training methods

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 766-770

  Salehi, Reza ^a   Kashi, Abdolkarim ^a   Lee, Jung Myung ^b   Babalar, Mesbah ^a   Delshad, Mojtaba ^a   Lee, Sang Gyu ^c   Huh, Yun Chan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Grafting; Mineral composition; Photosynthetic characteristics

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCURBITA;

EID: 77952564277     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.5.766     Document Type: Article

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