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The Use Of Tissue Culture For The Improvement Of Salt Tolerance In Atriplex Spp, Danielle L. Eyre
The Use Of Tissue Culture For The Improvement Of Salt Tolerance In Atriplex Spp, Danielle L. Eyre
Theses : Honours
Soil salinity is widespread throughout the world, and human activity is responsible for increases in the area of land affected by salt. Replanting saline areas using salt-tolerant, or halophytic, species is one method of reclaiming this land. This project investigated the possibility of using in vitro methods to select for increased salt tolerance in halophytic plants. By establishing clonal lines of halophytes in culture and screening those clones for cells exhibiting variation in their capacity to tolerate salt, it may be possible to regenerate plants with elevated salt tolerance. Clonal lines of six species of A triplex (saltbushes) were obtained. …