Common ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.) is a novel edible with succulent and savory flavor emerging as new crop for greenhouse factory growers. Currently very limited information available on the response of to photoperiod daily light integral (DLI). The objective this study was determine impact photoperiod/DLI growth indoor vertical production. Four-week old seedlings were transpla...

In experiments with the facultative Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) species, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, only plants which received high levels of inorganic salts fixed substantial amounts of CO(2) by the CAM pathway. Equivalent osmolarities of polyethylene glycol 6000 did not yield any CAM fixation. Plant water potential and turgor pressure had no detectable influence on the amount of CA...

Seeds of the common ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) germinate in distinct sub-populations over a time period of more than 4 weeks following imbibition. Distinguishing early (E)- and late (L)-germinating seeds is the expression of a homologue of the transcriptional activator VP1. The deduced amino acid sequence of ice plant VP1 (MVP1) is 39% identical (50% similar) to the sequence of t...

It is important to investigate the feasibility of reclaimed water irrigation for fulfilling cleaner production salt-tolerant vegetables in coastal saline soils which widely distribute world. Reclaimed might cause accumulation endocrine disrupting chemicals crops although it a good approach alleviating resource shortage. This study firstly investigated possible and benefits cultivating Mesembrya...

The halophyte Mesembryanthemum crystallinum adapts to salt stress by salt uptake and switching from C3 photosynthesis to CAM (crassulacean acid metabolism). An important role in this process is played by transport proteins in the tonoplast of the central vacuole. In the present study we examine dynamic changes in the protein composition during salt-stress adaptation in microsomes from M. crysta...

The relative influence of plant age and environmental stress signals in triggering a shift from C(3) photosynthesis to Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in the annual halophytic C(3)-CAM species Mesembryanthemum crystallinum was explored by continuously monitoring net CO(2) exchange of whole shoots from the seedling stage until seed set. Plants exposed to high salinity (400 mm NaCl) in hydropo...