High phenotypic plasticity of Suaeda maritima observed under hypoxic conditions in relation to its physiological basis | Zendy

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High phenotypic plasticity of Suaeda maritima observed under hypoxic conditions in relation to its physiological basis

Author(s) -

Anne M. Wetson,

Christian Zörb,

Elizabeth John,

T. J. Flowers

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcs014

Subject(s) - biology , phenotypic plasticity , salt marsh , shoot , botany , sugar , horticulture , ecology , food science

Phenotypic plasticity, the potential of specific traits of a genotype to respond to different environmental conditions, is an important adaptive mechanism for minimizing potentially adverse effects of environmental fluctuations in space and time. Suaeda maritima shows morphologically different forms on high and low areas of the same salt marsh. Our aims were to examine whether these phenotypic differences occurred as a result of plastic responses to the environment. Soil redox state, indicative of oxygen supply, was examined as a factor causing the observed morphological and physiological differences.

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