Shabala identifies physiological mechanisms conferring salinity tolerance in halophytes that can be introduced into non-halophyte crop species to improve their performance under saline conditions.
Tag - salinity
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Germination and seed bank dynamics of dimorphic seeds
Heteromorphic seeds can show differences in dormancy and germination, but it is not known how this affects maintenance and regeneration of populations. Cao et al. bury different seed morphs of an annual halophyte...
Free—open access paper: Salinity tolerance ecophysiology of Equisetum giganteum in South America
In river valleys of the world’s driest desert (The Atacama of South America) large stands of giant horsetail ( Equisetum giganteum) are found to tolerate soil water salinity up to at least half that of seawater. This...
Lulu Stader
Osmotic and salinity effects on germination
Osmotic and salinity effects on germination Seeds in saline environments face a dilemma between allocating reserves to either osmotic balance or growth and development. Zhang et al. show that barley seeds incubated in...
Microarray-analysis for components of salinity-stress tolerance
Microarray-analysis for components of salinity-stress tolerance Thiourea has been demonstrated to impart salinity-stress tolerance to seedlings of mustard, Brassica juncea. Srivastava et al. perform a genome-wide...
