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Rana Munns
Researcher at University of Western Australia
Publications - 147
Citations - 45642
Rana Munns is an academic researcher from University of Western Australia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Salinity & Hordeum vulgare. The author has an hindex of 80, co-authored 142 publications receiving 40530 citations. Previous affiliations of Rana Munns include Grains Research and Development Corporation & Cooperative Research Centre.
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Why measure osmotic adjustment
TL;DR: It now appears that turgor does not control cell expansion or stomatal conductance, and osmotic adjustment cannot affect yields except via other processes, the controls of which are almost entirely unexplored.
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Stomatal conductance as a screen for osmotic stress tolerance in durum wheat growing in saline soil
TL;DR: The results indicate that the relative size of the change in stomatal conductance when the salinity is introduced could be a means of screening for osmotic stress tolerance in wheat and other cereals.
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A Sodium Transporter (HKT7) Is a Candidate for Nax1, a Gene for Salt Tolerance in Durum Wheat
Shaobai Huang,Wolfgang Spielmeyer,Evans Lagudah,Richard A. James,J. Damien Platten,Elizabeth S. Dennis,Rana Munns +6 more
TL;DR: The expression pattern of TmHKT7-A2 was consistent with the physiological role of Nax1 in reducing Na+ concentration in leaf blades by retaining Na+ in the sheaths, and could control Na+ unloading from xylem in roots and sheaths.
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A locus for sodium exclusion (Nax1), a trait for salt tolerance, mapped in durum wheat
TL;DR: A novel source of salt tolerance in the form of a sodium exclusion trait, identified previously in a screen of tetraploid wheat germplasm, was mapped using a QTL approach and a microsatellite marker closely linked to the Nax1 locus was validated in genetically diverse backgrounds, and useful for marker-assisted selection in a durum wheat breeding program.
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Energy costs of salt tolerance in crop plants
Rana Munns,Rana Munns,David A. Day,Wieland Fricke,Michelle Watt,Borjana Arsova,Bronwyn J. Barkla,Jayakumar Bose,Caitlin S. Byrt,Caitlin S. Byrt,Zhong-Hua Chen,Kylie J. Foster,Matthew Gilliham,Sam W Henderson,Colin L. D. Jenkins,Herbert J. Kronzucker,Stanley J. Miklavcic,Darren Plett,Stuart J. Roy,Sergey Shabala,Sergey Shabala,Megan C. Shelden,Kathleen L. Soole,Nicolas L. Taylor,Mark Tester,Stefanie Wege,Lars H. Wegner,Stephen D. Tyerman +27 more
TL;DR: This review considers energy costs of salinity tolerance in crop plants and provides a framework for a quantitative assessment of costs and different sources of energy, and modifications of root system architecture that would maximise water versus ion uptake are addressed.