Improving crop salt tolerance

TJ Flowers - Journal of Experimental botany, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Salinity is an ever‐present threat to crop yields, especially in countries where irrigation is an
essential aid to agriculture. Although the tolerance of saline conditions by plants is variable …

Plasticity in salt tolerance traits allows for invasion of novel habitat by Japanese knotweed sl (Fallopia japonica and Fbohemica, Polygonaceae)

CL Richards, RL Walls, JP Bailey… - American Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Japanese knotweeds are among the most invasive organisms in the world. Their recent
expansion into salt marsh habitat provides a unique opportunity to investigate how invasives …

Soil salinisation and salt stress in crop production

G Ondrasek, Z Rengel, S Veres - Abiotic stress in plants …, 2011 - books.google.com
For optimal grow and development, cultivated plants require balanced presence of water
and dissolved minerals (salts) in their rhizosphere. In that respect, quality and availability of …

Selectivity of various types of salt-resistant plants for K+ over Na+

S Wang, W Zheng, J Ren, C Zhang - Journal of Arid Environments, 2002 - Elsevier
Selectivity by whole plants for K+ over Na+ in three types (salt excluding, salt secreting and
salt diluting) of salt-resistant plants was investigated. An estimating formula of Selective …

Kaolin influences tomato response to salinity: physiological aspects

F Boari, G Cucci, A Donadio, MI Schiattone… - … , Section B—Soil & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Environmental stress as salinity can negatively affect the physiology of tomato plants.
Conditions leading to a reduction of transpiration can contribute to greater tolerance to …

Puccinellia tenuiflora Exhibits Stronger Selectivity for K+ over Na+ than Wheat

S Wang, G Zhao, Y Gao, Z Tang… - Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
The characteristics of selectivity for K+ over Na+ by the roots of the halophyte Puccinellia
tenuiflora were investigated in comparison with the glycophyte wheat (Triticum aestivum) …

[PDF][PDF] Transgenics: fast track to plant stress amelioration

GS Sanghera, PL Kashyap, G Singh… - Transgenic Plant …, 2011 - researchgate.net
Crop researchers are under increasing pressure to breed designer crops that are able to
survive a plethora of biotic and abiotic threats while enhancing their nutritional or other …

Physiological adjustment to salt stress in R. communis seedlings is associated with a probable mechanism of osmotic adjustment and a reduction in water lost by …

CRF Rodrigues, EN Silva, R da Mata Moura… - Industrial Crops and …, 2014 - Elsevier
This study assessed the changes in key physiological processes induced by salinity in
Ricinus communis seedlings. The experiment was carried out under greenhouse conditions …

[PDF][PDF] Designing crop plants for biotic stresses using transgenic approach

GS Sanghera, SH Wani, G Singh, PL Kashyap… - Vegetos, 2011 - academia.edu
Population growth and climate change posed a challenge to breed designer crops in an
environment having biotic and abiotic threats. Though, integrated pest and disease …

硅和土壤水分互作对高羊茅苗期光合生理特性的影响

刘慧霞, 宋锐, 郭鹏辉, 王明明 - 中国草地学报, 2014 - cqvip.com
采用盆栽试验研究硅与土壤水分互作对高羊茅光合生理特性的影响, 结果表明:
土壤含水量为田间饱和含水量30% 时, 高羊茅幼苗全部死亡; 当土壤含水量超过田间饱和含水量 …