Alleviation of salt stress by phosphorus in cucumber microshoots grown on rooting medium

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-191

  Abu Romman, Saeid ^a   Suwwan, Mohammad ^b   Al Ramamneh, Ezz AL Dein ^a  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cucumber; Microshoots; Phosphorus; Proline; Rooting medium; Salt stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876018411     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.22.02.2974     Document Type: Article

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