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From picture to movie – natural variation in root growth dynamics under salt

Written by: Eva van Zelm When too much salt is present in the soil the architecture of a plant’s root system changes. To see how these changes occur it can be useful to look beyond a static image to a more dynamic movie of the changes in root growth after adding salt. Previous research has … Continue reading From picture to movie – natural variation in root growth dynamics under salt

Salty Super Heroes – insights in salt tolerance

Written by: Hongfei Li The root system is the first contact of plants with salinity of the soil and we hope you have understood its critical role helping plants to survive salt from our website. Halophytes are plants that thrive under high salt concentrations. Schrenkiella parvula (S. parvula), a halophyte species, belongs to the same … Continue reading Salty Super Heroes – insights in salt tolerance