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Chilling-induced water stress: variation in shoot turgor maintenance among wild tomato species from diverse habitats.
American journal of botany - 1 Oct 2013
Easlon Hsien Ming, Asensio José Salvador Rubio, St Clair Dina A, Bloom Arnold J
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UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Cultivated tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, suffers chilling induced wilting because water movement through its roots decreases with declining soil temperatures. Certain wild tomato species exhibit resistance to chilling-induced wilting, but the extent of this chilling tolerance in wild tomatoes is not known. • METHODS: We measured shoot wilting during root chilling in wild Solanum...
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