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Cell wall synthesis and salt (saline) sensitivity in cultured colt cherry (Prunus avium × pseudocerasus) protoplasts
1Plant Genetic Manipulation Group, Department of Botany, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK.
Abstract:
In order to investigate the cellular basis of salt tolerance, Colt cherry (Prunus avium ×pseudocerasus) protoplasts from mesophyll tissues and root cell suspension cultures were cultured in the presence of NaCl, KCl or Na2SO4, at normalities of 25, 50, 100 or 200 mN for each salt and with or without 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile, an inhibitor of cell wall synthesis. Results showed that the acquisition of salt tolerance was concomitant with the onset of cell wall regeneration, with protoplasts exhibiting a greater salt tolerance than cells.
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