Molecular, physiological, and growth responses to sodium stress in C4 grasses from a soil salinity gradient in the Serengeti ecosystem

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1258-1265

  Hamilton III, E William ^a,c   Mcnaughton, Samuel J ^a   Coleman, James S ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andropogon greenwayi; Heat shock proteins; Na stress; Serengeti; Sporobulus spp.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242421203     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558337     Document Type: Article

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