Coping with salt stress

Elife. 2024 Aug 30:13:e101732. doi: 10.7554/eLife.101732.

Abstract

Salt stress delays seed germination in plants by increasing the hydrolysis of arginine-derived urea.

Keywords: A. thaliana; plant biology; salt stress; seed germination; seed nitrogen mobilization.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Arginine / metabolism
  • Germination* / drug effects
  • Salt Stress*
  • Seeds / growth & development
  • Urea* / metabolism
  • Urea* / pharmacology

Substances

  • Urea
  • Arginine