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Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth and Atriplex hortensis (L.) were grown on quartz sand or in liquid culture in the presence of varied concentrations of NaCl. Xylem sap was collected as (a) root pressure exudate, in L. fusca even at 100 mM NaCl, (b) by applying pressure to excised roots of L. fusca and (c) from leaves of the whole plant growing in quartz sand by pressurizing the root system. The latter procedure failed in L. fusca due to the passage of air and soil solution into the leaves. This was caused by an extensive aerenchyma in root cortex. In Atriplex hortensis remarkably high pressures were required to induce a flow of sap. The mineral cation and anion and the amino acid composition of the xylem sap obtained by the different methods was measured and is examined in view of using it for determining the flows of minerals in the whole plant and in relation to the effects of salinity. The spacious aerenchyma in roots of L. fusca has been found to persist also after prolonged exposure to dry air.
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Jeschke, W.D., Klagges, S. & Bhatti, A.S. Collection and composition of xylem sap and root structure in two halophytic species. Plant Soil 172, 97–106 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00020863
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