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SALT TOLERANCE [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

The ability of living organisms to live in conditions of high salinity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Aptitude qu'ont certains organismes à vivre dans des conditions de forte salinité.

CONT

[...] on pourrait tenter d'accroître l'halotolérance des légumineuses en les inoculant avec des souches de Rhizobium produisant de grandes quantités de proline ou autres osmolytes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
DEF

Capacidad de una planta, en suelo o en cultivo, de soportar una concentración de sal común (cloruro sódico) que es perjudicial o letal para la mayoría de las demás plantas.

OBS

Un organismo con una extremada tolerancia a la sal se denomina halófito.

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