Sesuvium portulacastrum, a plant for drought, salt stress, sand fixation, food and phytoremediation. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 329-348

  Lokhande, Vinayak H ^a   Gor, Bhoomi K ^b   Desai, Neetin S ^b   Nikam, Tukaram D ^a,d   Suprasanna, Penna ^c  

^a Shri Chhatrapati College   (India)

^b D Y PATIL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; Abiotic stress tolerance; Desalination; Environmental protection; Halophyte; Phytoremediation; Sesuvium portulacastrum L.

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLIMATIC REGION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESALINATION; DOMESTIC SPECIES; DROUGHT STRESS; DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HERB; HORMONE; LITERATURE REVIEW; METAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOLERANCE; TOXICITY;

EID: 84879583472     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-012-0113-x     Document Type: Review

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