Publication Type | J |
Authors | Venkatesalu, V., R. R. Kumar and K. P. Chellappan |
Title | Sodium chloride stress on organic constituents of Sesuvium portulacastrum L, a salt marsh halophyte |
Source | Journal of Plant Nutrition |
Author Keywords | halophyte, osmolytes, resurrection plant craterostigma- plantagineum, desiccation-related proteins, n-modified betaines, aldose reductase 1998_92 1 free proline accumulation, salt tolerance, extension growth of the water mold achlya 3902_92 1 nacl salinity, kinetics of maize leaf elongation, salt stress, intact mung bean roots, water transport, germination in tomato, mineral uptake quaternary ammonium-compounds, proline accumulation |
Abstract | Certain organic constituents, amino acids, protein, proline, glycinebetaine, sugars, and starch in the leaves of Sesuvium portulacastrum, which was grown under varying levels of sodium chloride (NaCl) was determined. Total amino acids lowered at increasing levels of NaCl while the protein content increased moderately up to 600 mM and thereafter increased and decreased, respectively; however, 600 mM level of NaCl significantly differed from the untreated control plants. The concentration of total sugars declined with the increasing levels of exogenous addition of NaCl up to 600 mM. Starch content increased significantly up to 600 mM NaCl and thereafter declined slightly. Proline and glycinebetaine contents were accumulated with the corresponding increase of salinization. |
ISSN | 0190-4167 |
ISBN | 0190-4167 |
Year Published | 1994 |
Volume | 17 |
Issue | 10 |
Beginning Page | 1635-1645 |
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