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Ultrastructural aspects of a NaCl-adapted potato cell line

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2009

F. Queirós ,
D. Almeida  and
F. Fidalgo
F. Queirós
Affiliation:
Faculdade de Ciências daUniversidade do Porto, Ed. FC4, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
D. Almeida
Affiliation:
Faculdade de Ciências daUniversidade do Porto, Ed. FC4, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal Escola Superior de Biotecnologia daUniversidade Católica Portuguesa, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
F. Fidalgo
Affiliation:
Faculdade de Ciências daUniversidade do Porto, Ed. FC4, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal Center for Biodiversity, Functional and Integrative Genomics (BioFIG)

Abstract

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Salinity is one of the major factors limiting plant development and crop productivity. Damage to plants exposed to salinity has been ascribed to ion toxicity, water deficit, nutrient imbalance and oxidative stress. The physiological and biochemical aspects of salt tolerance in plants have attracted considerable interest, but few studies have been carried out to study the ultrastructural changes in plant cells adapted to salinity. These changes may be helpful in elucidating the mechanisms of salt tolerance at cellular level. In plants exposed to salinity, alterations of cell walls and structure of cellular membranes, the swelling of thylakoids and a decrease in the amount of grana stacking in chloroplasts, and the vacuolation of cells have been observed n1, 21.

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Life Sciences
Information
Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 15 , Supplement S3 , July 2009 , pp. 41 - 42
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2009