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Abiotic Stress Physiology of Horticultural Crops

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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is an important vegetable crop widely grown in both temperate and tropical regions. Abiotic stresses like heat, cold, salinity and flood have become major constraints for the tomato growth and yield. This chapter deals with the effects of the various stresses on tomato crop and the technologies developed to cope with these stresses to get optimum yield and quality.

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    A. T. Sadashiva, Aradhana Singh, R. Punith Kumar, V. Sowmya & Dominic P. D’mello

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Sadashiva, A.T., Singh, A., Kumar, R.P., Sowmya, V., D’mello, D.P. (2016). Tomato. In: Rao, N., Shivashankara, K., Laxman, R. (eds) Abiotic Stress Physiology of Horticultural Crops. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2725-0_7

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