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Plants of saline environments
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Roy, Stuart J. Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, Adelaide, South Australia.
Tester, Mark Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, Adelaide, South Australia.
Gaxiola, Roberto A. Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
Flowers, T. J. School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Sussex, United Kingdom.
Last reviewed:March 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.525600
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Plants that grow well in soils having a high salt content, referred to as halophytic plants. Plants of saline environments (halophytes) constitute approximately 1% of the world's flora and have evolved to flourish in locations where the soil salt concentration [notably, sodium chloride (NaCl)] is 200 mol m−3 or greater (Fig. 1). The majority of plant species are unable to tolerate these saline conditions and are called glycophytes. See also: Plant; Plant evolution; Plant physiology; Salt (chemistry); Soil
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