Foliar application of 24-epibrassinolide alleviates high-temperature-induced inhibition of photosynthesis in seedlings of two melon cultivars

Photosynthetica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-349

  Zhang, Y P ^a,b   Zhu, X H ^c   Ding, H D ^b   Yang, S J ^a,b   Chen, Y Y ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EDIBLE FUNGI   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Lab of Protected Horticultural Technology   (China)

^c YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

brassinosteroids; chlorophyll content; chlorophyll fluorescence; gas exchange; plant growth

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 84880135981     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-013-0031-4     Document Type: Article

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