Recent developments in understanding salinity tolerance

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-9

  Türkan, Ismail ^a   Demiral, Tijen ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidative system; Ion homeostasis; Osmotolerance; Salt stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ANTIOXIDANT; CROP PLANT; CROP YIELD; GLOBAL WARMING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; METABOLISM; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

EID: 69349099692     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2009.05.008     Document Type: Review

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