Exogenous melatonin improves growth and photosynthetic capacity of cucumber under salinity-induced stress

Photosynthetica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-27

  Wang, L Y ^a   Liu, J L ^a   Wang, W X ^a   Sun, Y ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

antioxidant enzymes; chlorophyll fluorescence; gas exchange; growth analysis; melatonin; salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958150535     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-015-0140-3     Document Type: Article

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