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Allgemeine Physiologie der Pflanzenzelle / General Physiology of the Plant Cell pp 468–488Cite as

The loss of substances by cells and tissues (salt glands)

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Undoubtedly the loss of substances by individual cells or tissues is an important aspect of the physiology of the plant. For instance, if we study the uptake of salts by intact plants and their subsequent distribution within the plant, we meet a good many processes which involve either a passive leakage or an active secretion. Exchange, i.e. a coupled binding and release of ions, is often the very first step in ion absorption. Accumulation of the ions in the vacuoles requires an active secretion mechanism which brings ions from the cytoplasm into the vacuoles (Arisz 1948). The transfer of ions across the root tissue, from the medium to the xylem vessels also involves either an alternating absorption and release by the individual cells or, if we accept the symplasm theory, at least one absorption process and another process by which ions are released from the stele tissue to the xylem vessels. Moreover, we know that, once the salts have become distributed among the different parts of the plant, redistribution may take place, which again involves a loss of ions by the different plant parts and which may lead to a loss from the roots back to the medium.

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Helder, R.J. (1956). The loss of substances by cells and tissues (salt glands). In: Bahr, G.F., et al. Allgemeine Physiologie der Pflanzenzelle / General Physiology of the Plant Cell. Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie / Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-94676-9_26

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