Salt Glands in the Poaceae Family and Their Relationship to Salinity Tolerance

Botanical Review

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 162-178

  Céccoli, Gabriel ^a,b   Ramos, Julio ^a,b   Pilatti, Vanesa ^a,b   Dellaferrera, Ignacio ^a,b   Tivano, Juan C ^a   Taleisnik, Edith ^b,c   Vegetti, Abelardo C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Microhairs; Poaceae; Salinity tolerance; Salt gland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937764240     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12229-015-9153-7     Document Type: Article

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