Contrasting patterns of leaf solute accumulation and salt adaptation in four phreatophytic desert plants in a hyperarid desert with saline groundwater

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-270

  Arndt, Stefan K ^a   Arampatsis, Christina ^b   Foetzki, Andrea ^c   Li, Xiangyi ^d   Zeng, Fanjiang ^d   Zhang, Ximing ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Compatible solutes; Cyclitols; Halophytes; Hyperarid environment; Ion regulation; Phreatophytes; Salt tolerance; Taklamakan desert

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER; GROWING SEASON; LEAF; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ALHAGI; ALHAGI SPARSIFOLIA; DESMODIUM; HYDROIDA; POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS EUPHRATICA; TAMARIX; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 3242696108     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.01.017     Document Type: Article

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