Salt Stress and Comparative Physiology in the Gramineae. IV. Comparison of Salt Stress in Spartina × townsendii and Three Barley Cultivars
Australian Journal of Plant Physiology
5(6) 839 - 850
Published: 1978
Abstract
The possible significance of the compartmentation of major solutes between cytoplasm and vacuole is described. The barley cultivars appear to have a restricted ability, by comparison with S. × townsendii, to exploit Na+ and Cl- as major vacuolar ions and contributors to osmotic adjustment. They also appear less able to maintain a basal K- supply in the presence of Na+. The basal K+ supply to the shoot is interpreted as a requirement for a minimal cytoplasmic K+ concentration. The role of glycinebetaine and proline as cytoplasmic osmotic effectors is discussed. It is concluded that, in these hydroponic experiments, the synthesis of glycinebetaine and proline is not a limitation on the salt tolerance of these species.
https://doi.org/10.1071/PP9780839
© CSIRO 1978