Physiological and photosynthetic responses of melon (Cucumis melo L.) seedlings to three Glomus species under water deficit

Plant and Soil

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 391-399

  Huang, Zhi ^a,b,c   Zou, Zhirong ^a   He, Chaoxing ^b   He, Zhongqun ^c   Zhang, Zhibin ^b   Li, Jianming ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant system; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Growth; Melon; Photosynthesis; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HORTICULTURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEEDLING; SYMBIOSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STRESS;

CHINA;

ARBUSCULAR; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; FUNGI; GLOMUS; GLOMUS MOSSEAE;

EID: 78651448953     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0591-z     Document Type: Article

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