{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["55(1)"],"submitter":["Yang SJ"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Apple trees are often subject to severe salt stress in China as well as in the world that results in significant loss of apple production. Therefore this study was carried out to evaluate the response of apple seedlings inoculated with abuscular mycorrhizal fungi under 0, 2‰, 4‰ and 6‰ salinity stress levels and further to conclude the upper threshold of mycorrhizal salinity tolerance.<h4>Results</h4>The results shows that abuscular mycorrhizal fungi significantly increased the root length colonization of mycorrhizal apple plants with exposure time period to 0, 2‰ and 4‰ salinity levels as compared to non-mycorrhizal plants, however, percent root colonization reduced as saline stress increased. Salinity levels were found to negatively correlate with leaf relative turgidi"],"journal":["Botanical studies"],"pagination":["70"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5430355"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increase salt tolerance of apple seedlings."],"pmcid":["PMC5430355"],"pubmed_authors":["Zhang ZL","Zhang ZF","Yang SJ","Xue YX","Shi SY"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increase salt tolerance of apple seedlings.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Apple trees are often subject to severe salt stress in China as well as in the world that results in significant loss of apple production. Therefore this study was carried out to evaluate the response of apple seedlings inoculated with abuscular mycorrhizal fungi under 0, 2‰, 4‰ and 6‰ salinity stress levels and further to conclude the upper threshold of mycorrhizal salinity tolerance.<h4>Results</h4>The results shows that abuscular mycorrhizal fungi significantly increased the root length colonization of mycorrhizal apple plants with exposure time period to 0, 2‰ and 4‰ salinity levels as compared to non-mycorrhizal plants, however, percent root colonization reduced as saline stress increased. Salinity levels were found to negatively correlate with leaf relative turgidi","dates":{"release":"2014-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2014 Dec","modification":"2026-07-09T10:15:40.277Z","creation":"2026-07-09T10:13:57.91Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5430355","cross_references":{"pubmed":["28510950"],"doi":["10.1186/s40529-014-0070-6"]}}