Responses of Jatropha curcas to Salt and Drought Stresses

Two greenhouse experiments were conducted to quantify growth responses of Jatropha curcas to a range of salt and drought stresses. Typical symptoms of salinity stress such as leaf edge yellowing were observed in all elevated salinity treatments and the degree of the foliar salt damage increased with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Genhua Niu, Denise Rodriguez, Mike Mendoza, John Jifon, Girisha Ganjegunte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Agronomy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/632026