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Enzyme activities in concentrated solutions of glycinebetaine and other solutes by Pollard, A, Wyn Jones, R.G

“…The activities of a number of enzymes in concentrated solutions of glycinebetaine and other solutes have been studied. Glycinebetaine, in contrast to…”
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Solute distribution in Suaeda maritima by Gorham, J, Wyn Jones, R.G

“…The distribution of sodium, potassium and glycinebetaine in shoot tissues of salt-treated Suaeda maritima was examined by semi-micro techniques after…”
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Steady state osmotic adaptation in Ulva lactuca by Dickson, D.M, Wyn Jones, R.G, Davenport, J

“…The effects of hyper- and hypo-saline stresses on the levels of various inorganic and organic solutes in Ulva lactuca have been recorded. Hypo-osmotic stress…”
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Salt tolerance in the halophyte Suaeda maritima L. Dum. The maintenance of turgor pressure and water-potential gradients in plants growing at different salinities by Clipson, N.J.W, Tomos, A.D, Flowers, T.J, Wyn Jones, R.G

“…Osmotic potentials and individual epidermal cell turgor pressures were measured in the leaves of seedlings of Suaeda maritima growing over a range of…”
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Control of wheat root growth. The effects of excision on growth, wall rheology and root anatomy by Pritchard, J. (University Coll. of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd (UK). Dept. of Biochemistry and Soil Science), Wyn Jones, R.G, Tomos, A.D

“…Excision and subsequent incubation of the apices (1 cm) of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedling roots in simple media severely reduced elongation from 28…”
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Osmotic adaptation in Ulva lactuca under fluctuating salinity regimes by Dickson, D.M.J, Wyn Jones, R.G, Davenport, J

“…A study has been made of the osmotic responses of the green intertidal alga, Ulva lactuca, under two fluctuating salinity regimes; sinusoidal and square-wave…”
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Carbon dioxide fixation by chloroplasts isolated in glycinebetaine. A putative cytoplasmic osmoticum by Larkum, A.W.D, Wyn Jones, R.G

“…Spinach chloroplasts capable of high rates of CO2 fixation have been isolated in glycinebetaine as an alternative osmoticum to sorbitol and found to be very…”
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Partial characterization of the trait for enhanced K + -Na + discrimination in the D genome of wheat by Gorham, J., Jones, R.G. Wyn, Bristol, A.

“…The long arm of chromosome 4D of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) contains a gene (or genes) which influences the ability of wheat plants to discriminate between…”
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hypothesis relating critical potassium concentrations for growth to the distribution and functions of this ion in the plant cell by Leigh, R.A, Wyn Jones, R.G

“…The growth and metabolism of plants in response to different concentrations of tissue K is discussed in relation to current knowledge about the distribution…”
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Physiological genetics of salt tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): performance of wheat varieties, inbred lines and reciprocal F1 hybrids under saline conditions by Salam, A, Hollington, P.A, Gorham, J, Wyn Jones, R.G, Gliddon, C

“…Four bread wheat cultivars were studied at two salinity levels. Tobari 66 had the lowest uptake of Na+ and Cl−, and the highest K+/Na+ ratio; Pato had the…”
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Comparative responses of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars to salinity at the seedling stage by Rashid, A, Qureshi, R.H, Hollington, P.A, Wyn Jones, R.G

“…Seedling growth and ion content of Pakistani bread wheat cultivars was assessed in solution culture in the absence and presence of NaCl (100 and 200 mol m−3)…”
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presence of the enhanced K/Na discrimination trait in diploid Triticum species by Gorham, J, Bristol, A, Young, E.M, Wyn Jones, R.G

“…A number of accessions of the three species of diploid wheat, Triticum boeoticum, T. monococcum, and T. urartu, were grown in 50 mol m-3 NaCl + 2.5 mol m-3…”
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Effect of rhizosphere pH on the availability and uptake of Fe, Mn adn Zn by Sarkar, A.N, Wyn Jones, R.G

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Responses of Atriplex spongiosa and Suaeda monoica to salinity by Storey, Richard, R. Gareth Wyn Jones

“…The growth and tissue water, K+, Na+, Cl-, proline and glycinebetaine contents of the shoots and roots of two Chenopodiaceae, Atriplex spongiosa and Suaeda…”
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Salt tolerance in the Triticeae: Leymus sabulosus by Gorham, J, McDonnell, E, Wyn Jones, R.G

“…Elymus dahuhcus, Leymus giganteus, L. angustus, L. sabulosus and, to a lesser extent, L. triticoides, were found to tolerate 200 mol m−3 NaCl in solution…”
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Assessment of glycinebetaine and proline compartmentation by analysis of isolated beet vacuoles by Leigh, R.A, Ahmad, N, Wyn Jones, R.G

“…Vacuoles isolated from storage root tissue of red beet (Beta vulgaris L.) do not leak significant quantities of betanin, sucrose, Na+ or K+ during isolation…”
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Influence of proline and glycinebetaine on salt tolerance of cultured barley embryos by Lone, M.I, Kueh, J.S.H, Wyn Jones, R.G, Bright, S.W.J

“…Lone, M. I., Kueh, J. S. H., Wyn Jones, R. G. and Bright, S. W. J. 1987. Influence of proline and glycinebetaine on salt tolerance of cultured barley…”
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Salt tolerance in the Triticeae: Solute accumulation and distribution in an Amphidiploid derived from Triticum aestivum cv. Chinese Spring and Thinopyrum bessarabicum by Gorham, J, Forster, B.P, Budrewicz, E, Wyn Jones, R.G, Miller, T.E, Law, C.N

“…An amphidiploid derived by colchicine treatment of a hybrid between Triticum aestivum cv Chinese Spring and Thinopyrum bessarabicum was found to be more salt…”
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comparison of methods for measuring turgor pressures and osmotic pressures of cells of red beet storage tissue by Tomos, A.D, Leigh, R.A, Shaw, C.A, Wyn Jones, R.G

“…Two methods for measuring the turgor pressures of cells in discs of storage tissue of red beet (Beta vulgaris L.) were compared, and a centrifugation method…”
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Presence of two different membrane-bound, KCl -stimulated adenosine trophosphatase activities in maize roots by Leigh, R.A, Williamson, F.A, Wyn-Jones, R.G

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