Does Salicylic Acid (SA) Improve Tolerance to Salt Stress in Plants? A Study of SA Effects on Tomato Plant Growth, Water Dynamics, Photosynthesis, and Biochemical Parameters

OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 180-190

  Mimouni, Hajer ^a,b   Wasti, Salma ^a   Manaa, Arafet ^a,c   Gharbi, Emna ^a,b   Chalh, Abdellah ^a   Vandoorne, Bertrand ^b   Lutts, Stanley ^b   Ahmed, Hela Ben ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; PIGMENT; PROLINE; SALICYLIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY MASS; GAS EXCHANGE; GERMINATION; LEAF AREA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC POTENTIAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT SEED; PLANT STRESS; PLANT WATER CONTENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; ROOTING; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; SHOOT; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TOMATO; ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SALINITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SALICYLIC ACID; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

EID: 84962283506     PISSN: 15362310     EISSN: 15578100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/omi.2015.0161     Document Type: Article

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