Structural and functional adaptations in plants for salinity tolerance

Plant Adaptation and Phytoremediation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 151-170

  Hameed, Mansoor ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^b   Ahmad, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel ^b   Naz, Nargis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ion uptake; Osmotic adjustment; Salt exclusion; Succulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864077449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9370-7_8     Document Type: Chapter

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