Screening of Watermelon Varieties for Lead Tolerance at the Seedling Stage

Screening of Watermelon Varieties for Lead Tolerance at the Seedling Stage

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is an important horticultural crop that is sensitive to heavy metals such as lead (Pb) in polluted water or soil. However, there are no available data regarding Pb tolerance phenotyping in watermelon. Watermelon seedlings were exposed to various Pb doses (0, 20, 40, 60...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jehanzeb Khan, Yubin Yang, Qiang Fu, Weiqiang Shao, Jianke Wang, Li Shen, Yan Huai, Guy Kateta Malangisha, Abid Ali, Ahmed Mahmoud, Yi Lin, Yongyuan Ren, Jinghua Yang, Zhongyuan Hu, Mingfang Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) 2020-05-01
Series:HortScience
Subjects:
accumulation
hydroponic
screening
lead tolerance
translocation
watermelon
Online Access:https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/55/6/article-p858.xml

Internet

https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/55/6/article-p858.xml

Similar Items