Date of Award:

5-1966

Document Type:

Dissertation

Degree Name:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department:

Plants, Soils, and Climate

Department name when degree awarded

Plant Physiology

Committee Chair(s)

Herman H. Wiebe

Committee

Herman H. Wiebe

Committee

Howard B. Peterson

Committee

Orson S. Cannon

Committee

Eugene H. Cronin

Committee

Raymond T. Sanders

Abstract

Salt tolerant plants have been the subject of considerable interest and study by scientists of arid regions. Ability of these plants to survive and grow in saline habitats has been attributed to such characteristics as: development of high osmotic pressures to counteract the soil moisture stresses, ability to utilize waters of high salinity, and possession of a protoplasm resistant to toxic ion accumulation.

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