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Potato plants grown in vitro were subjected to different salt stresses by providing the salts NaCl, Na2SO4, MgCl2 and MgSO4 in different concentrations up to 300 mM. Salinity greatly affected the survival and the rooting of the plants. Shoot and root growth decreased with increasing salt concentrations. Under mild stress conditions, i.e. in conditions where the plant is able to adapt to the stress, the observed decrease was dependent upon the salt used. Under severe stress conditions, however, the decrease of the shoot and root growth was independent of the nature of the ions.
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Evers, D., Hemmer, K. & Hausman, JF. Salt stress induced biometric and physiological changes in Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Bintje grown in vitro . Acta Physiol Plant 20, 3–7 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-998-0036-y
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