Changes in sulphur metabolism of grey poplar (Populus × canescens) leaves during salt stress: A metabolic link to photorespiration

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1161-1173

  Herschbach, Cornelia ^a   Teuber, Markus ^c   Eiblmeier, Monika ^a   Ehlting, Barbara ^a,e   Ache, Peter ^d   Polle, Andrea ^b   Schnitzler, Jörg Peter ^c   Rennenberg, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

chlorophyll fluorescence; glutathione (GSH); grey poplar; photorespiration; salt stress; sulphate; sulphur

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; CHLOROPLAST; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUORESCENCE; HYBRID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROPONICS; LIGHT EFFECT; METABOLISM; NITRATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR;

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; GLYCINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SERINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR;

ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULUS; TOXICITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; GLYCINE; NITRATES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS; SERINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SULFUR;

EID: 77956037537     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq041     Document Type: Article

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