Genes and salt tolerance: Bringing them together

New Phytologist

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 645-663

  Munns, Rana ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ion transport; Salinity; Salt tolerance; Sodium

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OSMOSIS; ROOT SYSTEM; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SENESCENCE; SHOOT;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADAPTATION; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 25444461374     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01487.x     Document Type: Review

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