Plants in a saline environment have no other choice than to adapt. Spanish and French researchers show one of those adaptions in the newly published research “Parallel evolution of salinity tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana accessions from Cape Verde Islands”.
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Overcoming salt stress with a one-two punch
Some plants thrive in a salty environment. Now Japanese researchers show that one of them, Vigna marina, thanks its extreme salt tolerance due to a two-pronged approach.
Armed against salt
Armed against salt When there is an extensive amount of salt plants take action. One of the things they do, as researchers lead by Christa Testerink show in The Plant Cell, is adapting their cell wall. To prevent weakening by sodium ions. Plants, just like other organisms, don’t like an extensive amount of salt. ItContinue reading “Armed against salt”
‘Water balloons’ uncovered
‘Water balloons’ uncovered The leaves of quinoa and ice plants are covered with fine hairs. Long was believed that these hairs help plants coping during water shortage and salt stress. But now Danish researchers show in Current Biology that this is not true: they protect against herbivory insects. Quinoa and ice plants are salt tolerantContinue reading “‘Water balloons’ uncovered”
