Grass finds more than one way to survive in saline soil
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
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.
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.
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
Improving sugarcane’s resilience to salinity and drought
How do plants bend when storms break on shore?
Simulated seawater flooding reduces oilseed rape growth, yield and progeny performance
Does evidence of saltwater exposure explain recent changes in the tree communities of North Carolina’s Coastal Plain?
Sodium chloride alters cadmium accumulation and metabolites in halophyte Carpobrotus rossii
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
Responses of a coastal halophyte to combined salinity and hypoxia
Seagrasses cheat on sex!
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.