Physiological responses to Megafol® treatments in tomato plants under drought stress: A phenomic and molecular approach

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 185-192

  Petrozza, Angelo ^a   Santaniello, Antonietta ^b   Summerer, Stephan ^a   Di Tommaso, Gianluca ^c   Di Tommaso, Donata ^c   Paparelli, Eleonora ^b   Piaggesi, Alberto ^c   Perata, Pierdomenico ^b   Cellini, Francesco ^a  

^a Metapontum Agrobios   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c Valagro SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biostimulants; Drought stress; Megafol; Scanalyzer 3D; Tomato

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT STRESS; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

EID: 84902517368     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2014.05.023     Document Type: Article

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