Insight into the role of grafting and arbuscular mycorrhiza on cadmium stress tolerance in tomato

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue JUNE, 2015, Pages

  Kumar, Pradeep ^a,b   Lucini, Luigi ^c   Rouphael, Youssef ^d   Cardarelli, Mariateresa ^e   Kalunke, Raviraj M ^b   Colla, Giuseppe ^b  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Cadmium; Gene expression; Metabolomic; Rootstock; Solanum lycopersicum L

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84936980583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00477     Document Type: Article

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