Monday, November 5, 2007
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Antioxidant and Protein Metabolism Associated with Genetic Variation in Salinity Tolerance among Cool-season Turfgrass Species.

Mahalaxmi Veerasamy, Department of Plant Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08091 and Bingru Huang, Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, 59 Dudley Rd., New Brunswick, NJ 08901.

Salinity is becoming an increasing concern in turfgrass management due to limited availabilty of fresh water for irrigation and increased use of recyled water for irrigation. Understanding the mechanism of salt tolerance is imperative for developing salt tolerant cultivars. The changes in antioxidant and protein metabolism in response to salt stress in relation to genetic variation in turfgrass tolerance has been examined in the present study.

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