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Calcium protected epidermis and xylem layers from salt damage
SorghumNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
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e0“Ca2+ also effectively protected the sorghum epidermis and xylem layers from severe damage caused by salt stress”
Title
Calcium Improves Germination and Growth of Sorghum bicolor Seedlings under Salt Stress
Takalani Mulaudzi; Kaylin Hendricks; Thembeka Mabiya; et al. Plants 2020. doi:10.3390/plants9060730
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Intervention effect Salt stress delayed germination
- Intervention effect Salt stress reduced growth
- Intervention effect Salt stress increased proline
- Intervention effect Salt stress increased hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) contents
- Intervention effect Salt induced antioxidant and Salt Overlay Sensitive1 gene expression
- Intervention effect Calcium reduced antioxidant and Salt Overlay Sensitive1 gene expression under salt stress
- Intervention effect Calcium increased vacuolar Na+/H+ exchanger antiporter2 gene expression 65-fold
- Intervention effect Calcium reversed delayed germination under salt stress
- Intervention effect Calcium promoted seedling growth under salt stress
- Intervention effect Calcium reduced H2O2 under salt stress
- Intervention effect Calcium reduced Na+/K+ ratio under salt stress
- Intervention effect 5 mM calcium was most effective in enhancing salt tolerance
- Intervention effect 5 mM calcium counteracting oxidative stress under high NaCl
- Intervention effect 5 mM calcium improving Na+/K+ ratio under high NaCl
- Intervention effect 5 mM calcium improved germination efficiency under high NaCl
- Intervention effect 5 mM calcium improved root growth under high NaCl