Rising from the sea: correlations between sulfated polysaccharides and salinity in plants.

High salinity soils inhibit crop production worldwide and represent a serious agricultural problem. To meet our ever-increasing demand for food, it is essential to understand and engineer salt-resistant crops. In this study, we evaluated the occurrence and function of sulfated polysaccharides in pla...

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Main Authors: Rafael S Aquino, Clicia Grativol, Paulo A S Mourão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3084243?pdf=render