Mechanisms of salt tolerance in habanero pepper plants (Capsicum chinense Jacq.): Proline accumulation, ions dynamics and sodium root-shoot partition and compartmentation

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue November, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Bojórquez Quintal, Emanuel ^a   Velarde Buendía, Ana ^b   Ku González, Ángela ^a   Carillo Pech, Mildred ^a   Ortega Camacho, Daniela ^a   Echevarría Machado, Ileana ^a   Pottosin, Igor ^b   Martínez Estévez, Manuel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

H+ ATPase; Ion fluxes; Pepper; Potassium retention; Proline accumulation; Roots; Salt tolerance; Sodium compartmentalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910141350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00605     Document Type: Article

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