Salinity Tolerance of Halophytic Grass Puccinellia nuttalliana Is Associated with Enhancement of Aquaporin-Mediated Water Transport by Sodium
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Plant Morphology and Dry Weights (DW)
2.2. Net Photosynthesis (Pn) and Transpiration (E) Rates
2.3. Leaf Chlorophyll Concentrations
2.4. Leaf Water Potentials (ψw) and Shoot Water Contents (WC)
2.5. Cell Hydraulic Conductivity (Lpc)
2.6. Root and Shoot Elemental Concentrations
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Material and Treatments
4.2. Plant Morphology and Dry Weights (DW)
4.3. Net Photosynthesis (Pn) and Transpiration (E) Rates
4.4. Leaf Chlorophyll Concentrations
4.5. Leaf Water Potentials (ψw) and Shoot Water Contents (WC)
4.6. Cell Hydraulic Conductivity (Lpc)
4.7. Tissue Elemental Analyses
4.8. Statistical Analyses
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Vaziriyeganeh, M.; Carvajal, M.; Du, N.; Zwiazek, J.J. Salinity Tolerance of Halophytic Grass Puccinellia nuttalliana Is Associated with Enhancement of Aquaporin-Mediated Water Transport by Sodium. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 5732. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23105732
Vaziriyeganeh M, Carvajal M, Du N, Zwiazek JJ. Salinity Tolerance of Halophytic Grass Puccinellia nuttalliana Is Associated with Enhancement of Aquaporin-Mediated Water Transport by Sodium. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(10):5732. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23105732
Chicago/Turabian StyleVaziriyeganeh, Maryamsadat, Micaela Carvajal, Ning Du, and Janusz J. Zwiazek. 2022. "Salinity Tolerance of Halophytic Grass Puccinellia nuttalliana Is Associated with Enhancement of Aquaporin-Mediated Water Transport by Sodium" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 10: 5732. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23105732