Silicon-mediated improvement in the salt resistance of wheat (Triticum aestivum) results from increased sodium exclusion and resistance to oxidative stress

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 633-639

  Saqib, Muhammad ^a,b,d   Zörb, Christian ^a,c   Schubert, Sven ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Cell wall; Glutathione; Salinity

Indexed keywords

NONMETALS;

ASCORBATE; CELL WALL; GLUTATHIONE; SALINITY; SALT RESISTANCE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

SILICON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; OXIDATION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SILICON; SODIUM; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 50249133561     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP08100     Document Type: Article

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