Potassium sulfate improves water deficit tolerance in melon plants grown under glasshouse conditions

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1276-1286

  Tuna, A Levent ^a   Kaya, Cengiz ^b   Ashraf, Muhammad ^c,d  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Melon; Nutrients; Potassium; Relative water; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 77953669335     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2010.484089     Document Type: Article

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