Ascorbic Acid Alleviates Water Stress in Young Peach Trees and Improves Their Performance after Rewatering

Exogenous application of biochemicals has been found to improve water stress tolerance in herbaceous crops but there are limited studies on deciduous fruit trees. The goal of this research was to study if ascorbic acid applications could improve physiological mechanisms associated with water stress...

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Main Authors: Consuelo Penella, Ángeles Calatayud, Juan C. Melgar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01627/full