Strategies for adaptation of Suaeda physophora, Haloxylon ammodendron and Haloxylon persicum to a saline environment during seed-germination stage

Annals of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 399-405

  Song, Jie ^a,c   Feng, Gu ^a   Tian, Changyan ^b   Zhang, Fusuo ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Embryo; Germination; Halophyte; Haloxylon ammodendron; Haloxylon persicum; Ion compartmentalization; Ion toxicity; Osmotic stress; Seed coat; Suaeda physophora; Xerophyte

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADAPTATION; GERMINATION; SALINE SOIL;

ADAPTATION; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GERMINATION; GOOSEFOOT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMARANTHACEAE; CHENOPODIACEAE; GERMINATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SEEDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

ARIDA; HALOXYLON AMMODENDRON; HALOXYLON PERSICUM; PHYSOPHORA; SUAEDA PHYSOPHORA; XEROPHYTA;

EID: 23944449361     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci196     Document Type: Article

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