Molybdenum as an essential element for improving total yield in seawater-grown Salicornia europaea L.

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-401

  Ventura, Yvonne ^a   Wuddineh, Wegi A ^a   Ephrath, Yonathan ^a   Shpigel, Muki ^b   Sagi, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allantoic acid; Allantoin; Halophyte; Nitrate reductase; Salinity; Xanthine dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLYBDENUM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOMASS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA EUROPAEA;

EID: 79952447101     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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