Durum Wheat Roots Adapt to Salinity Remodeling the Cellular Content of Nitrogen Metabolites and Sucrose

• Published in: Frontiers in plant science Vol. 7; p. 2035
• Main Authors: Annunziata, Maria Grazia, Ciarmiello, Loredana F., Woodrow, Pasqualina, Maximova, Eugenia, Fuggi, Amodio, Carillo, Petronia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 09.01.2017
• Subjects: Plant Science; P5CS; asparagine synthetase; osmotic adjustment; asparagine; nitrate reductase; glycine betaine

Plants are currently experiencing increasing salinity problems due to irrigation with brackish water. Moreover, in fields, roots can grow in soils which show spatial variation in water content and salt concentration, also because of the type of irrigation. Salinity impairs crop growth and productivi...