Photosynthesis and activity of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase and glutathione reductase in cotton under salt stress

Comparative lipid peroxidation, antioxidant defense systems and proline content in roots of two rice cultivars differing in salt tolerance

Without roots there would be no rhizosphere and no rhizodeposition to fuel microbial activity. Although micro-organisms may view roots merely as a source of carbon supply this belies the fascinating complexity and diversity of root systems that occurs despite their common function. Here, we examine the physiological and genetic determinants of root growth and the complex, yet varied and flexible, root architecture that results. The main functions of root systems are also explored including how roots cope with nutrient acquisition from the heterogeneous soil environment and their ability to form mutualistic associations with key soil micro-organisms (such as nitrogen fixing bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi) to aid them in their quest for nutrients. Finally, some key biotic and abiotic constraints on root development and function in the soil environment are examined and some of the adaptations roots have evolved to counter such stresses discussed.

Plant root growth, architecture and function

Plant developmental responses to climate change

Effect of salt stress on plant growth and metabolism of bean plant Vicia faba (L.)

Effect of NaCl salinity on photosynthesis and dry matter accumulation in developing rice grains

The effect of soil temperature on source-sink economy in peanut (Arachis hypogaea)

http://directory.umm.ac.id/Data%20Elmu/jurnal/E/Environmental%20and%20Experimental%20Botany/Vol43.Issue2.Apr2000/1219.pdf

R. Itoh

Papers

Effect of NaCl salinity on photosynthesis and dry matter accumulation in developing rice grains

The effect of soil temperature on source-sink economy in peanut (Arachis hypogaea)

Corrrigendum to “Effect of NaCl salinity on photosynthesis and dry matter accumulation in developing rice grains”