The American halophyte Prosopis strombulifera, a new potential source to confer salt tolerance to crops

Crop Production for Agricultural Improvement

Volumn 9789400741164, Issue , 2012, Pages 115-143

  Reginato, Mariana ^a   Sgroy, Verónica ^a   Llanes, Analía ^a   Cassán, Fabricio ^a   Luna, Virginia ^a  

^a National University of Rio Cuarto Laboratorio de Fisiologia Vegetal   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Differential tolerance; Halophyte; Na2SO4; NaCl; PSHR micro organisms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROPS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOILS;

DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; HALOPHYTE; INTENSIVE RESEARCH; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; NACL; PLANT SALT TOLERANCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 84931308452     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4116-4_5     Document Type: Chapter

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