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Dry matter changes and ion partitioning in two near isogenic barley cultivars Maythorpe (relatively salt sensitive) and Golden Promise (relatively salt tolerant) were studied in response to increasing salinity. Although the growth of both cultivars was significantly reduced by exposure to NaCl, the effect was greater in Maythorpe, whilst Golden Promise maintained an increased ratio of young to old leaf blade. Golden Promise maintained significantly lower Na+ concentrations in young expanding tissues compared with Maythorpe. Partitioning of Cl- was evident in that both varieties maintained lower Cl- concentrations in mesophyll than in epidermal cells. Golden Promise maintained higher K+/Na+ and Ca2+/Na+ ratios in young leaf blade and young sheath tissues than Maythorpe when exposed to salt. Differences in ion partitioning and the maintenance of higher K+ and Ca2+ to Na+ ratios, especially in young growing and recently expanded tissues, would appear to be important mechanisms contributing to the improved salt tolerance of Golden Promise.
Author(s): Wei W, Bilsborrow PE, Hooley P, Fincham DA, Lombi E, Forster BP
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Plant and Soil
Year: 2003
Volume: 250
Issue: 2
Pages: 183-191
Print publication date: 01/03/2003
ISSN (print): 0032-079X
ISSN (electronic): 1573-5036
Publisher: Springer
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1022832107999
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022832107999
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