Grigore, Marius N.; Villanueva Lozano, Marta; Boscaiu Neagu, Mónica Tereza; Vicente Meana, Óscar(Academic Press, 2012)
[EN] Halophytes are salt-tolerant plants found exclusively in habitats with high levels of soil salinity. It is generally assumed that salt stress is the most important limiting factor for plant growth in natural saline ...
[EN] Proline (Pro) and glycine betaine (GB) contents were determined in two Mediterranean halophytes, Plantago crassifolia and
Inula crithmoides, to assess their possible role in salt tolerance of both taxa. Plant material ...
In their natural habitats, different mechanisms may contribute to the tolerance of halophytes to high soil
salinity and other abiotic stresses, but their relative contribution and ecological relevance, for a given species, ...