Plant salt tolerance: adaptations in halophytes
Plant salt tolerance: adaptations in halophytes
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England: Oxford University Press
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Most of the water on Earth is seawater, each kilogram of which contains about 35 g of salts, and yet most plants cannot grow in this solution; less than 0·2% of species can develop and reproduce with repeated exposure to seawater. These 'extremophiles' are called halophytes.
Improved knowledge of halophytes is of importance to understanding our...
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Plant salt tolerance: adaptations in halophytes
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4332615
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4332615
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0305-7364
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1095-8290
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10.1093/aob/mcu267
