1 L. Tettey-Larbi, 1, 2 E. O. Darko, 2 C. Schandorf, 3 A. A. Appiah, 4 F. Sam, 1, 2 A. Faanu, 1 D. K. Okoh, 1 H. Lawluvi, 1 B. K. Agyeman, 1 C. Kansaana, 1 P. A. Amoah, 1 R. K. Osei, 1 R. Agalga, 1 S. Osei Radiation Protection Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P. O. Box LG 80, Legon, Ghana. Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box AE 1, Atomic Ener...

A NaCl-tolerant cell line which was selected from ovular callus of ;Shamouti' orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) proved to be a true cell line variant. This conclusion is based on the following observations. (a) Cells which have been removed from the selection pressure for at least four passages retain the same NaCl tolerance as do cells which are kept constantly on 0.2 molar NaCl. (b) Na(+) an...

OBJECTIVE Salt intake restriction is important to health maintenance in subjects tending toward excessive intake. For convenience salt intake is ordinarily estimated at health check up centers using a salt-preference questionnaire, but whether or not the questionnaire identifies excessive salt consumers is unclear. METHODS Daily salt intake in 725 subjects including 452 men examined at our he...

[This corrects the article on p. 406 in vol. 8, PMID: 28400779.].

Introduction While looking for some appropriate research projects, I had been impressed by and interested in the work of Danishefsky' and others' regarding the use of "Eschen-moser's salt" (1). During the course of a l~terature search on an industrial project, we came across an article by Gold,' which described the preparation of a rather interesting vinylogous iminium salt (2). The name assign...

A wild wheatgrass, Thinopyrum ponticum (2n = 10x = 70), which exhibits substantially higher levels of salt tolerance than cultivated wheat, was employed to transfer its salt tolerance to common wheat by means of wide hybridization. A highly salt-tolerant wheat line S148 (2n = 42) was obtained from the BC3F2 progenies between Triticum aestivum (2n = 42) and Th. ponticum. In the cross of S148 × s...

a solution culture experiment was conducted to evaluate the salinity tolerance of 15 tomato genotypes in hoagland’s nutrient solution with three levels of nacl (0, 75, and 150 mm). the experiment was conducted in completely randomized design with three replicates. after 30 days of imposition of salt stress, gas exchange parameters including transpiration rate, stomatal conductance, co2 assimila...

Plants, being sessile in nature, have developed mechanisms to cope with high salt concentrations in the soil. In this study, the effects of NaCl (50-200 mM) on expression of high-affinity potassium transporters (HKTs), antioxidant enzymes and their isozyme profiles were investigated in two contrasting bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes viz., HD2329 (salt-sensitive) and Kharchia65 (sal...

Breeding salt tolerant plants is difficult without utilizing a diversity of wild crop relatives. Since the genus Vigna (family Fabaceae) is comprised of many wild relatives adapted to various environmental conditions, we evaluated the salt tolerance of 69 accessions of this genus, including that of wild and domesticated accessions originating from Asia, Africa, Oceania, and South America. We gr...