Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology

troduction. Moreover, the results provided by the study of Cymbidium hybridaDFR have suggested a transgenic approach to produce ...

ZX Lu, M Wu, CS Loh, CY Yeong, CJ Goh. Nucleotide sequence of a flower-specific MADS box cDNA clone from orchid. Plant Mol Biol ...

AH Halevy, CC Whitehead, AN Kfranek. Does pollination induce corolla abscission of cyclamen flowers by promoting ethylene produ ...

G Forkmann. Flavonoids as flower pigments: the formation of the natural spectrum and its extension by ge- netic engineering. Pl ...

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28 Biology and Physiology of Saline Plants David N. Sen* and Pawan K. Kasera University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India Sher Mohammed ...

the halophytes, can grow under saline conditions. These halophytic species that live under conditions of high salinity exhibit s ...

III. ADAPTATIONS OF SALINE PLANTS Not only are halophytes in their saline environments exposed to salt stress, but the root may ...

Young leaves and stems of Atriplexspp. contained quite high values of sodium and chloride in com- parison with mature parts beca ...

V. SALT STRESS AND ROLE OF PROLINE Water stress produces numerous metabolic irregularities in plants [44]. An increased proline ...

the critical functions of proline is to act as an osmoprotectant against stress in plants [69–71]. At higher levels of salinity, ...

One of the characteristics distinguishing halophytes from glycophytes is their capacity to accumu- late selectively large quanti ...

ious salts on seed germination. Various salts that are common in saline soils were selected, including NaCl, Na 2 SO 4 , MgSO 4 ...

reported for the first time in any Indian plant species from our laboratory (Table 4) [29]. The fast germi- nation indicates tha ...

VIII. PHYSIOLOGY OF METABOLIC PRODUCTS Plants regulate various aspects of their growth in a synchronized form with a high degree ...

exchange, conductance, transpiration, and internal CO 2 increased in salinities up to 100 mol/m^3 and there- after decreased. Ch ...

clined under drought or saline conditions because of increased proteolysis and decreased protein synthe- sis [12]. Muthukumarasw ...

adapt to saline conditions by conserving water. Plants also adapt to saline conditions by decreasing the number of stomata, whic ...

the increased osmotic potential of the plants [65]. However, with the increase in salt concentration and the decrease in soil mo ...

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