A study of two species of grass in China finds that they have developed different methods to cope with the stress of saline-alkali soils.
Tag - salinity
Alun Salt
Interactive effects of Phosphorus and salinity
It's not enough to have phosophorus in the soil, plants have to be able to use it. A new study examines how salinity interacts with the ability to take up phosphorus.
botanyone
Sodium chloride solutions not a good experimental substitute for sea water
Simulating seawater in the lab is more complicated than just getting the salt concentration right.
Erin Zimmerman
Expression of aquaporin subtypes in cotton under salt stress
Three aquaporins are reliable tools to identify cotton genotypes tolerant to salt stress, based on expression of qPCR-transcripts
William Salter
Improving sugarcane’s resilience to salinity and drought
Crops like sugarcane, rice, wheat and maize rely on irrigation. As they’re so thirsty, they are also susceptible to drought. Finding a way to protect the crops from drought is a challenge that needs a solution as...
Alex Assiry
How do plants bend when storms break on shore?
One common prediction for the future is global warming will create stronger storms. What does this mean when a storm hits the shore? It depends what’s on the coast. Researchers from China and the Netherlands have...
Simulated seawater flooding reduces oilseed rape growth, yield and progeny performance
Of the many threats to global food security, one of the most pressing is the increased incidence of extreme weather events. In addition to extreme rainfall, a combination of global sea level rise and storm surge is...
Does evidence of saltwater exposure explain recent changes in the tree communities of North Carolina’s Coastal Plain?
Coastal plant communities globally are highly vulnerable to future sea-level rise and storm damage, but the extent to which these habitats are affected by the various environmental perturbations associated with chronic...
Sodium chloride alters cadmium accumulation and metabolites in halophyte Carpobrotus rossii
Salinity affects plant growth and metabolites in plants, which in turn affect Cd accumulation. Cheng et al. ran a hydroponic experiment to assess the effect of NaCl on the metabolic response to Cd and Cd accumulation in...
CAM recycling and salt tolerance in Talinum triangulare
Can more water efficient photosynthesis be induced in plants? Montero and colleagues find Talinum triangulare can switch on CAM photosynthesis.
High light aggravates functional limitations of photosynthesis
Experimental results of salinity effects on cucumber (Cucumis sativus, Cucurbitaceae) can be interpreted with the help of a functional-structural plant (FSP) model. Chen et al. use this novel approach to quantify...
Responses of a coastal halophyte to combined salinity and hypoxia
Suaeda maritima is a halophyte commonly found on coastal wet lands in the intertidal zone. Due to its habitat, S. maritima has evolved tolerance to high salt concentrations and low oxygen conditions (hypoxia) in the...
Seagrasses cheat on sex!
Survival at geographic range edges, where organisms are often at the limits of their physiological tolerances, can trigger unusual responses in reproduction. Sinclair et al. describe the first observations of...
Regulation of a Solanum Double-B box gene
Kiełbowicz-Matuk et al. investigate variations in a Solanum DBB protein, SsBBX24, in S. tuberosum and S. sogarandinum and find evidence of trafficking from the nucleus to the cytosol during the light period.
