Free amino acids and glycine betaine in leaf osmoregulation of spinach responding to increasing salt stress

New Phytologist

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 455-463

  Di Martino, Catello ^a   Delfine, Sebastiano ^a   Pizzuto, Roberto ^a   Loreto, Francesco ^b   Fuggi, Amodio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Free amino acids; Glycine; Glycine betaine; Osmotic adjustment; Photorespiration; Proline; Salt stress; Serine; Spinacia oleracea (cv. Matador)

Indexed keywords

OSMOREGULATION;

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0037714358     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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