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Phytochemical Aspects of Osmotic Adaptation

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Phytochemical Adaptations to Stress

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The interactions between higher plants and excess salts in their growth environment are complex. Both ionic composition and total concentration of dissolved salts are important, as is the way in which these salts impinge upon the plant tissue. For example, the effects of salts in sprays falling on leaves either from sea-spray or overhead irrigation are somewhat different to those of salts in the root environment.1,2 The degree of salt damage is also modified, factors such as relative humidity and ozone concentration.3,4 In plants themselves of a variety of anatomical developmental, physiological and biochemical characteristics have been singled out as qualities to be associated with an ability to grow or survive in saline habitats.5–8

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Soil Sciences, University College of North Wales, LL57 2UW, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales

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Wyn Jones, R.G. (1984). Phytochemical Aspects of Osmotic Adaptation. In: Timmermann, B.N., Steelink, C., Loewus, F.A. (eds) Phytochemical Adaptations to Stress. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, vol 18. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1206-2_3

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