The effectiveness of grafting to improve NaCl and CaCl2 tolerance in cucumber

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 164, Issue , 2013, Pages 380-391

  Colla, Giuseppe ^a   Rouphael, Youssef ^b   Jawad, Rama ^b   Kumar, Pradeep ^a   Rea, Elvira ^c   Cardarelli, Mariateresa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c CRA Centro di Ricerca per Lo Studio Delle Relazioni Tra Pianta e Suolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Calcium chloride; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Cucumis sativus L.; Mineral composition; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRONOMY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP YIELD; DRY MATTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FRUIT; GRAFTING; GROWTH RATE; HORTICULTURE; LEAF; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ROOTSTOCK; SALINITY; SODIUM; TOLERANCE;

EID: 84886672909     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2013.09.023     Document Type: Article

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