Silicon improves salt tolerance by increasing root water uptake in Cucumis sativus L.

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1629-1646

  Zhu, Yong Xing ^a   Xu, Xuan Bin ^a   Hu, Yan Hong ^a   Han, Wei Hua ^a   Yin, Jun Liang ^a   Li, Huan Li ^a   Gong, Hai Jun ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Osmotic potential; Root hydraulic conductance; Salt stress; Silicon; Water uptake and transport

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

AQUAPORIN; CARBOHYDRATE; DITHIOTHREITOL; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; SILICON; SODIUM; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

BIOMASS; CUCUMBER; DRUG EFFECTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STOMA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SALT TOLERANCE; SEEDLING; SOLUBILITY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; XYLEM;

AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DITHIOTHREITOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; OSMOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEEDLINGS; SILICON; SODIUM; SOLUBILITY; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84938958780     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-015-1814-9     Document Type: Article

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