Salinity tolerance in rice, like in other glycophytes, is a function of cellular ion homeostasis. The large divergence in ion homeostasis between the salt-tolerant FL478 and salt-sensitive IR29 rice varieties can be exploited to understand mechanisms of salinity tolerance. Physiological studies indicate that FL478 shows a lower Na(+) influx, a reduced Na(+) translocation to the shoot, and maint...

Exposure of ARL 15 cells, an established line from adult rat liver, to concentrations of external K+ below 1 mM caused a rapid fall in intracellular K+ and a corresponding rise in intracellular Na+ that became maximal within 12 h. Upon continued exposure to low external K+, these initial changes were followed by a striking recovery such that, by 24 h, intracellular Na+ and K+ concentrations app...

Sodium and potassium ion contents and fluxes of isolated resting human peripheral polymorphonuclear leukocytes were measured. In cells kept at 37 degrees C, [Na]i was 25 mM and [K]i was 120 mM; both ions were completely exchangeable with extracellular isotopes. One-way Na and K fluxes, measured with 22Na and 42K, were all approximately 0.9 meq/liter cell water . min. Ouabain had no effect on Na...

Sodium and potassium ion contents and fluxes of isolated resting human peripheral polymorphonuclear leukocytes were measured . In cells kept at 37 °C, [Na]i was 25 mM and [K]i was 120 mM; both ions were completely exchangeable with extracellular isotopes . One-way Na and K fluxes, measured with 22Na and 42K, were all -0.9 meq/liter cell water -min . Ouabain had no effect on Na influx or K efflu...

Soil salinity and water deficit are major problems for development of agricultural production. In this study, effects of growth promoting microorganisms (inoculation with Piriformospora indica and two isolates of Streptomyces sp.) on the leaf yield and absorption rate of some elements in leaves and roots of stevia plant was investigated under salinity conditions for two consecutive years (2016-...

The exchange of lithium (Li) with sodium (Na) was explored in an effort to quantify cellular Na in the rat tail artery. Two phases of cellular Na were demonstrated by the kinetics of exchange at 37°C. Cellular Na, was rapidly lost following cell disruption and increased in proportion to potassium (K) loss during conventional Na enrichment in a Kfree medium. Cooling to 2°C almost abolished the t...

It has long been believed that maintenance of low Na+ : K+ ratios in the cytosol of plant cells is critical to the plant's ability to tolerate salinity stress. Direct measurements of such ratios, however, have been few. Here we apply the non-invasive technique of compartmental analysis, using the short-lived radiotracers 42K+ and 22Na+, in intact seedlings of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), to eva...