An inland and a coastal population of the Mediterranean xero-halophyte species Atriplex halimus L. differ in their ability to accumulate proline and glycinebetaine in response to salinity and water stress

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1315-1326

  Hassine, Abir Ben ^a   Ghanem, Michel Edmond ^b   Bouzid, Sadok ^a   Lutts, Stanley ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atriplex halimus; Glycinebetaine; Halophyte; NaCl; Osmotic adjustment; Proline; Salinity; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX HALIMUS;

BETAINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; PROLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATRIPLEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT; SALINITY;

ATRIPLEX; BETAINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT SHOOTS; PROLINE; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

EID: 45549094401     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern040     Document Type: Article

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