Salt Tolerance in Selected Vegetable Crops

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 303-320

  Shahbaz, M ^a   Ashraf, M ^a,b   Al Qurainy, F ^b   Harris, P J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

compatible solutes; gas exchange; mineral nutrients; salt tolerance; vegetable crops

Indexed keywords

ABELMOSCHUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; DAUCUS CAROTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84863939713     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2012.656496     Document Type: Review

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