Reciprocal grafting between cucumber and pumpkin demonstrates the roles of the rootstock in the determination of cucumber salt tolerance and sodium accumulation

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 149, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-54

  Huang, Yuan ^a   Bie, Zhilong ^a   Liu, Pengyi ^a   Niu, Mengliang ^a   Zhen, Ai ^a   Liu, Zhixiong ^a   Lei, Bo ^a   Gu, Dongjun ^a   Lu, Chao ^a   Wang, Baitian ^a  

^a Huazhong Agricultural University   (China)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus; Cucurbita moschata; Grafting; Na+ transport; Na+ uptake; Salinity

Indexed keywords

GRAFTING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOTSTOCK; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VINE;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA;

EID: 84871927053     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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