Submission to Annals of Botany Special Issue: Halophytes and Saline Adaptations VIEWPOINT Macroevolutionary patterns of salt tolerance in angiosperms
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Sodium chloride toxicity and the cellular basis of salt tolerance in halophytes.
BACKGROUND Halophytes are the flora of saline soils. They adjust osmotically to soil salinity by accumulating ions and sequestering the vast majority of these (generally Na(+) and Cl(-)) in vacuoles, while in the cytoplasm organic solutes are accumulated to prevent adverse effects on metabolism. At high salinities, however, growth is inhibited. Possible causes are: toxicity to metabolism of Na(...
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