Salinity Tolerance in Plants: Mechanisms and Regulation of Ion Transport

• मुख्य लेखक: Mary J. Beilby (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Vadim Volkov (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• श्रृंखला: Frontiers Research Topics
• विषय: Botany & plant sciences; systems biology; synthetic biology; halotropism; salinity tolerance; halophytes; salt glands; ion transporters; ion channels
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: 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...