In the arid plains of northern Chile, exotic halophytes leverage soil salinity as a weapon to outcompete native plants, setting the stage for an ecological invasion.
Tag - Halophytes
Dale Maylea
Hybrids may succeed where invasive species fail as sea levels rise
Invasive species might suffer from a change in conditions in tidal areas, but their hybrid offspring may have genes to survive.
Alun Salt
Contemporary Citation Classic: Flowers TJ (2004) Improving crop salt tolerance. Journal of Experimental Botany 55, 307-319.
Philip White writes: Recently, I compiled a list of contemporary Citation Classics in Plant Sciences. My intention was not just to identify key papers in Plant Sciences but also to discover something about the...
Philip White
It’s World Wetland Day
Today, lakes, rivers, underground aquifers, swamps, marshes, wet grasslands, peatlands, oases, estuaries, deltas, tidal flats, mangroves, coral reefs, as well as fish ponds, rice paddies, reservoirs and salt pans and...
SPECIAL ISSUE: Physiology and Ecology of Halophytes – Plants Living in Salt-Rich Environments
AoB PLANTS is pleased to announce the publication of a Special Issue examining the roles that can be played by halophytes, extremophiles that tolerate salinities toxic to most plants. It is expected that climate change...
AoBPLANTS
Growth responses of the mangrove Avicennia marina to salinity
Avicennia marina is an obligate halophyte, requiring saline conditions for development.
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Diversity, distribution and roles of osmoprotective compounds accumulated in halophytes under abiotic stress
This review discusses the diversity of osmolytes among halophytes.
Light-dark O2 dynamics in submerged leaves of C3 and C4 halophytes under increased dissolved CO2: Clues for saltmarsh response to climate change
Global warming and climate change, as driving forces of sea level rise, tend to increase marsh submersion periods and also modify the carbonate chemistry of the water column due to the increased concentration of CO2 in...
Halophytes and saline adaptations: A Special Issue of Annals of Botany
Tim J Flowers and Tim D Colmer Saline ecosystems are a familiar feature in many continents. The seas and oceans of the world, which contain on average about 3.5% (w/v) salt, cover some 72% of the surface of the globe...
