Journal article

Publication year: 1981

Pages: 999-1002

Journal: Plant Physiology

Volume number: 67

Issue number: 5

ISSN: 0032-0889

eISSN: 1532-2548

Open access status: Green

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.67.5.999

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Abstract: 
Seedlings of V. faba were grown for 4 wk at 2 different light intensities (55 and 105 W/m2) in a saline (50 mM NaCl) and nonsaline nutrient solution. NaCl salinity depressed growth and restricted protein formation, CO2 assimilation and especially the incorporation of photosynthates into the lipid fraction. Conversion of photosynthates in leaves was much more affected by salinity than was photosynthate turnover in roots. The detrimental effect of NaCl salinity on growth, protein formation and CO2 assimilation was greater under low than under high light conditions. Plants of the high light intensity treatment were more capable of excluding Na+ and Cl- and accumulating nutrient cation species (Ca2+, K+, Mg2+) than plants grown under low light intensity. The improved ionic status provided better conditions for protein synthesis, CO2 assimilation and especially for the conversion of photosynthates into lipids.

Harvard Citation style: HELAL, H. and MENGEL, K. (1981) INTERACTION BETWEEN LIGHT-INTENSITY AND NACL SALINITY AND THEIR EFFECTS ON GROWTH, CO2 ASSIMILATION, AND PHOTOSYNTHATE CONVERSION IN YOUNG BROAD BEANS, Plant Physiology, 67(5), pp. 999-1002. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.67.5.999

APA Citation style: HELAL, H., & MENGEL, K. (1981). INTERACTION BETWEEN LIGHT-INTENSITY AND NACL SALINITY AND THEIR EFFECTS ON GROWTH, CO2 ASSIMILATION, AND PHOTOSYNTHATE CONVERSION IN YOUNG BROAD BEANS. Plant Physiology. 67(5), 999-1002. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.67.5.999