[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "BASIL IONIC RESPONSES TO SEAWATER STRESS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF GLAND SALT SECRETION",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Ninga",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Cuib",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Yanga",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Aia",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Lia",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Suna",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Chena",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Wanga",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Zenga",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2015]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "25",
  "issue": "1",
  "page": "131-138",
  "DOI": "NA",
  "abstract": "<p>Basil (<em>Ocimum Basilicum</em>) seedlings were subjected to 0,5%,10%,20% and 40% seawater for 10 days under shade house conditions. Increasing seawater concentration led to considerable reduction in plant dry matter accumulation. However, root growth was not affected till treated with 40% seawater. Accumulations of Na+ and Cl- were correlated with decline of Ca2+ and K+ in stems, roots or both. Contents of Ca2+ and K+ in leaves increased or remained relatively unchanged with increasing salt levels. In salinity-stressed plants, Na+ were partitioned mainly in roots and more than 50% of the K+ and Ca2+ were stored in leaves. Higher K+/Na+ and Ca2+/Na+ ratios in leaves rather than in roots and stems were observed in Basil plants. Scanning electron microscopy coupled with X-ray microanalysis showed that Basil leaf gland secretions contained Na+ and Ca2+. The Na+ secretion increased while Ca2+ secretion decreased with the increasing seawater concentration. These results suggested that Basil salt tolerance is associated with the compartmentation of Na+ in roots and the balance of K+, Na+ and Ca2+ in leaves as well as the salt secretion by the leaf glands.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2015-JAPS-19"
}]