Grafting onto different rootstocks as a means to improve watermelon tolerance to low potassium stress

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 149, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-85

  Huang, Yuan ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Hua, Bin ^a   Liu, Zhixiong ^a   Fan, Molin ^a   Bie, Zhilong ^a  

^a Huazhong Agricultural University   (China)

Author keywords

Grafting; Potassium uptake efficiency; Potassium utilization efficiency; Rootstock; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FRUIT; GRAFTING; GROWTH; HYDROPONICS; POTASSIUM; ROOTSTOCK; TOLERANCE; XYLEM;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; LAGENARIA SICERARIA;

EID: 84871920004     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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