Identification of Salt Stress Biomarkers in Romanian Carpathian Populations of Picea abies (L.) Karst.

ABSTRACT: The Norway spruce (Picea abies), the most important tree species in European forests, is relatively sensitive to salt and does not grow in natural saline environments. Yet many trees are actually exposed to salt stress due to the common practice of de-icing of mountain roads in winter, using large amounts of NaCl. To help develop strategies for an appropriate use of reproductive seed material on reforestation sites, ensuring better chances of seedling survival in salt-affected areas, we have studied the responses of young spruce seedlings to salt treatments. The specific aim of the work was to identify the optimal salt stress biomarkers in Picea abies, using as experimental material seedlings obtained by germination of seeds with origin in seven populations from the Romanian Carpathian Mou

SUBMITTER: Schiop ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4545727 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature