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Sodium toxicity and cation imbalance in dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Ali T. Ayoub
Affiliation:
Hudeiba Research Station, P.O. Box No. 31, Ed-Damer, Sudan
H. M. Ishag
Affiliation:
Hudeiba Research Station, P.O. Box No. 31, Ed-Damer, Sudan

Summary

Leaf burn and gradual death were the characteristic symptoms of injury in P. vulgaris sown on a sodic soil. Plant growth, total leaf area per plant, number of stomata and epidermal cells per unit leaf area, and relative water content were drastically reduced in injured plants; these were associated with large sodium accumulation in the shoot resulting in cation imbalance.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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