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Effects of sodium chloride on tobacco plants

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posted on 2023-06-08, 11:31 authored by Tim Flowers, S A Flowers, H Greenway
The effect of salinity on the growth and ion concentrations in a number of tobacco cultivars is described. Sodium chloride, at a concentration of 200 mol m-3, hardly affected the fresh weight, but significantly reduced the dry weight. The difference in the response of fresh and dry weights to salt was due to a change in succulence (water per unit leaf area); the latter increased with increasing leaf Na+ and Cl- concentration. Under saline conditions, increasing the external Na+: Ca- ratio by decreasing the Ca2+ concentration increased the accumulation of Na+ and Cl- into the leaf tissue.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Plant, Cell & Environment

ISSN

0140-7791

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing

Issue

8

Volume

9

Page range

645-651

Department affiliated with

  • Evolution, Behaviour and Environment Publications

Notes

Times Cited: 20 Flowers, tj flowers, sa greenway, h

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-05-18

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