Improved stomatal regulation and ion partitioning boosts salt tolerance in grafted melon

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 628-636

  Orsini, Francesco ^a   Sanoubar, Rabab ^a   Oztekin, Golgen Bahar ^b   Kappel, Noemi ^c   Tepecik, Mahmut ^b   Quacquarelli, Cristina ^a   Tuzel, Yuksel ^b   Bona, Stefano ^d   Gianquinto, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cantaloupe; interspecific rootstock; nutritional imbalance; salt stress; water relations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CULTIVAR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; GRAFTING; ION; LEAF AREA; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; ROOTSTOCK; SALINITY TOLERANCE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

EID: 84879636123     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP12350     Document Type: Article

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