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Agropyron elongatum made appreciable growth on highly saline soils. When grown under controlled conditions at the early tillering stage, it was found to be somewhat more salt tolerant than a very tolerant variety ofHordeum vulgare.
In the field, Cl- and Na-contents of Agropyron were rather low, even at highly saline sites. Under controlled conditions, Cl- and Na-contents of the shoots of this species were considerably lower than of the salt-tolerant variety of Hordeum.
InAgropyron elongatum, the plant fluids of the youngest leaves had appreciably lower Cl-concentrations than the corresponding substrates.
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Greenway, H., Rogers, A. Growth and ion uptake ofAgropyron elongatum on saline substrates, as compared with a salt-tolerant variety of hordeum vulgare. Plant Soil 18, 21–30 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01391677
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