Grafting cucumber plants enhance tolerance to sodium chloride and sulfate salinization

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 135, Issue , 2012, Pages 177-185

  Colla, Giuseppe ^a   Rouphael, Youssef ^b   Rea, Elvira ^c   Cardarelli, Mariateresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c CRA Centro di Ricerca per Lo Studio Delle Relazioni Tra Pianta e Suolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus L.; Gas exchange; Grafting; Mineral composition; Sodium chloride; Sodium sulfate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP YIELD; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; GAS EXCHANGE; GRAFTING; GROWTH RATE; MINERAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; PIGMENT; ROOTSTOCK; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALINIZATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; YIELD RESPONSE;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA MAXIMA;

EID: 84856457571     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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