Osmotic Adjustment and the Response of Halophytic Plants to Salinity
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- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 31 (1) , 42-46
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1308177
Abstract
A marked asymmetry in the distribution of ions exists in the cells of halophytes. Most ions are confined to the vacuole; organic solutes in the protoplast ensure that osmotic equilibrium is maintained between the two cellular compartments. This paper examines the significance of this asymmetry in relation to the responses of plants to changes in salinity.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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