Salinity Tolerance in Plants: Mechanisms and Regulation of Ion Transport

• מחבר ראשי: Mary J. Beilby (auth)
• מחברים אחרים: Vadim Volkov (auth)
• פורמט: אלקטרוני Book Chapter
• שפה: אנגלית
• יצא לאור: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• סדרה: Frontiers Research Topics
• נושאים: Botany & plant sciences; systems biology; synthetic biology; halotropism; salinity tolerance; halophytes; salt glands; ion transporters; ion channels
• גישה מקוונת: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Life presumably arose in the primeval oceans with similar or even greater salinity than the present ocean, so the ancient cells were designed to withstand salinity. However, the immediate ancestors of land plants most likely lived in fresh, or slightly brackish, water. The fresh/brackish water origi...