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Comprehensive transcriptional profiling of NaCl-stressed Arabidopsis roots reveals novel classes of responsive genes
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Background: Roots are an attractive system for genomic and post-genomic studies of NaCl responses, due to their primary importance to agriculture, and because of their relative structural and biochemical simplicity. Excellent genomic resources have been established for the study of Arabidopsis...
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Biochar for Saline-Sodic Soil Reclamation, Phosphorus Retention, and Crop Growth Improvement
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Biochar incorporation into soils influences many of the soilâs physical/chemical properties. The potential of using biochar for reclamation of saline-sodic soils is not well evaluated. Furthermore, how salinity would influence Phosphorus (P) sorption capacity of biochar is not clear. The main...
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Effects of Enhanced Non-segregated Tailings, Root Hypoxia, and Salinity on the Growth of Commonly Used Oil Sands Reclamation Plant Species and Halophytes
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In Alberta, Canada, oil sands mining activities have disturbed many boreal forest habitats and produced large amounts of tailings. Recently, a novel oil sands tailings management technology of the enhanced non-segregated tailings (eNST) has been developed, which uses polymers to accelerate...
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Effects of Ericoid Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth and Salt Tolerance of Blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides), Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), and Labrador tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum): Implications for Oil Sands Reclamation
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Oil sands mining can have negative environmental impacts in the boreal forest region of northern Alberta, Canada. The Government of Alberta requires the companies to reclaim disturbed lands after mine sites are closed. The initial steps in oil sands mining operations involve the removal of forest...
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Physiological responses of glycophytic and halophytic grasses Poa pratensis, Poa juncifolia, and Puccinellia nuttalliana to salt stress
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Responses of two halophytic grasses Puccinellia nuttalliana and Poa juncifolia to treatments with NaCl were compared with the glycophytic grass Poa pratensis to better understand salt tolerance mechanisms in these plants. The experiments were carried out under controlled-environment conditions...
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Fall 2009
Identification of salt- resistant tree species and genotypes is needed for rehabilitation of lands affected by salinity in Mexico. This dissertation consists of four studies for analyzing the responses of Pinus leiophylla seedlings to salt. In the first study, resistance to salt stress was...