Grafting onto Cucurbita moschata rootstock alleviates salt stress in cucumber plants by delaying photoinhibition

Photosynthetica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 152-160

  Liu, Z X ^a   Bie, Z L ^a   Huang, Y ^a   Zhen, A ^a   Lei, B ^a   Zhang, H Y ^a  

^a Huazhong Agricultural University   (China)

Author keywords

chlorophyll fluorescence; Cucumis sativus; grafting; photosynthesis; salinity; xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA;

EID: 84862826725     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-012-0007-9     Document Type: Article

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