Fruits are more sensitive to salinity than leaves and stems in pepper plants (Capsicum annuum L.)

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-178

  Azuma, Reona ^a   Ito, Naoko ^a   Nakayama, Nobuhiro ^a   Suwa, Ryuichi ^a   Nguyen, Nguyen Tran ^a   Larrinaga Mayoral, Juan Á ^b   Esaka, Muneraru ^b   Fujiyama, Hideyasu ^c   Saneoka, Hirofumi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Capsicum annuum L.; l Galactono 1,4 lactone dehydrogenase; Oxidative stress; Salinity stress

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GAS EXCHANGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HORTICULTURE; LEAF; LIPID; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 77953140307     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.04.006     Document Type: Review

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