Avenues for increasing salt tolerance of crops, and the role of physiologically based selection traits

Plant and Soil

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-105

  Munns, Rana ^a   Husain, Shazia ^a   Rivelli, Anna Rita ^b   James, Richard A ^a   Condon, A G ^a   Lindsay, Megan P ^a   Lagudah, Evans S ^a   Schachtman, Daniel P ^c   Hare, Ray A ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Durum wheat; Molecular markers; Salinity; Sodium

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY; SALINIZATION; SODIUM; TOLERANCE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 0009942640     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021119414799     Document Type: Review

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