Salt tolerance mechanisms in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-54

  Adolf, Verena Isabelle ^a   Jacobsen, Sven Erik ^a   Shabala, Sergey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Halophyte; NaCl; Osmotic adjustment; Oxidative stress; Soil salinity; Tolerance mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CROP PLANT; FRESHWATER; KNOWLEDGE; OSMOSIS; OXIDATION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEAWATER; SEMIARID REGION; SODIUM; XYLEM;

CHENOPODIUM QUINOA;

EID: 84877347461     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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