The effect of salt stress on plants

Biology

PhD defence ceremony

The arable areas suitable for high yielding elite crops are getting scarce due to decreasing availability of fresh water and increasing soil salinisation. In order to breed new crops with a higher salinity tolerance, insight is needed into the reaction of plants to salt and why some plants are more sensitive to salt than others. Magdalena Julkowska investigates the effects of salt stress on Arabidopsis thaliana, which is regularly used as a model plant.

M.M. Julkowska, Tuned to Survive: Salt Stress Induced Changes in Arabidopsis.

Supervisor

Prof. M.A. Haring

Co-supervisor

Dr C.S. Testerink

Entrance

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Published by  University of Amsterdam