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A single nucleotide substitution in TaHKT1;5-D controls shoot Na+ accumulation in bread wheat.
Plant, cell & environment - 1 Sept 2020
Borjigin Chana, Schilling Rhiannon K, Bose Jayakumar, Hrmova Maria, Qiu Jiaen, Wege Stefanie, Situmorang Apriadi, Byrt Caitlin, Brien Chris, Berger Bettina, Gilliham Matthew, Pearson Allison S, Roy Stuart J
Abstract excerpt
Improving salinity tolerance in the most widely cultivated cereal, bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), is essential to increase grain yields on saline agricultural lands. A Portuguese landrace, Mocho de Espiga Branca accumulates up to sixfold greater leaf and sheath sodium (Na+ ) than two Australian cultivars, Gladius and Scout, under salt stress in hydroponics. Despite high leaf and sheath Na+ concentrations,...
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