Vegetable Grafting as a Tool to Improve Drought Resistance and Water Use Efficiency

Drought is one of the most prevalent limiting factors causing considerable losses in crop productivity, inflicting economic as well as nutritional insecurity. One of the greatest challenges faced by the scientific community in the next few years is to minimize the yield losses caused by drought. Dro...

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Main Authors: Pradeep Kumar, Youssef Rouphael, Mariateresa Cardarelli, Giuseppe Colla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01130/full