Silicon reduces sodium uptake in rice (Oryza sativa L.) in saline conditions and this is accounted for by a reduction in the transpirational bypass flow

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 559-565

  Yeo, A R ^a   Flowers, S A ^a   Rao, G ^b   Welfare, K ^a   Senanayake, N ^c   Flowers, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Task Force Headquarters   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Bypass flow; Oryza sativa; Poaceae; Rice; Salinity; Salt tolerance; Silicon; Sodium transport

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0033014124     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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