Studies in the metabolism of Plant Cells VII. The Quantitative Relation Between Salt Accumulation and Salt Respiration

Abstract

The mechanism of the accumulation of salts in plant cells has been thesubject of much investigation. Lundegardh (1945, 1946, 1947), in restating hishypothesis of salt accumulation, shows how the salt or anion respiration, bycausing transport 'Of anions, could provide a me~hanism of accumulation. It hasbeen shown (Robertson and Wilkins 1947) that the quantitative evidence availableis not inconsistent with this hypothesis. In this paper the hypothesis willbe discussed and the evidence will be given in detail.