Mung Beans

If saltwater is applied to a plant, the plant would shrivel up and die. This is a result of the water moving out of the cells in order to try to balance the concentration of solute compared to inside the cell. The water movement out of the cell would cause the cell to shrink and the lack of water would eventually cause the plant to die.

7) What would happen if you applied saltwater to a plant? The saltwater has a lower water potential due to the solute, and therefore water would move out of the plant, dehydrating it.

When salinity increases, warning signs appear in the landscapes of the affected areas. These warning signs include things like sick and/or dying trees, declining vegetation, colonisation of tolerant weed-like plants, bare patches where vegetation has died and saline pools in creek beds. These show that the ecosystem is being affected and at a high rate.

Saline environments tend to hinder agricultural production by lowering crop yields, often quite substantially. The traditional response to the threat of salinity-induced crop yield reductions is to apply water in excess of plant requirements so as to leach the salts out of the root zone. (Letey and Dinar, 1986).

Aim: To find out what effects growing in waters of different salinity will have on the growth of duckweed.

The aim of this experiment is to investigate how the effects of salts will have on Bean plants. If salt infected water is added to the bean plants, then the effects of osmosis and photosynthesis will be distributed in the plants, causing them to stop developing and eventually start leading to death. The outcome of this experiment will be determined through the amount of saline concentrations that will be added throughout to the plants and how all can be linked back to the real world problems in dryland salinity.

The Murray Darling river travels through many states in Australia including NSW and Queensland making it the biggest and most important source of water in Australia. The Murray Darling is largely affected by salinity in the water and soil. Salinity is a reoccurring problem in Australia especially in The Murray Darling Basin, as salinity dates back to 140 million years ago when seas dried up and left salt on the sea floor, When the Murray Darling was discovered, traces of salt were found in the water and in the soil. Salinity in the Murray Darling makes the inhabitable for some species. Salinity is caused in many ways including Irrigation and clearance of deep-rooted native vegetation with shallow-rooted introduces plants. Both these points

Farmers have taken the initiative and pursuing innovative management and treatment techniques and adapting by studying salt-tolerant crops. The cities are also educating residents about their role in the problem and what they can do to reduce the amount of salt they contribute to the water. As the population grows, it will always be a pending thought if the new residents will worsen the problem or help create a solution to it. The Central Valley Water Board and others are working

The natural concentration for salt in soil, differentiates between a multitude of different levels, varying from 3-10 mmhos (unit used to measure salt level in soil), so it is hard to tell exactly how much concentration is exactly needed for the plant to grow, but with the way that we are using the salt, and how much the plant growth rate goes down, based on the amount of salt we used, it is easy to tell that as humans we have caused a lot of damage to the soil. Every day, we use much more then we need, causing the environment harm.

The mangrove communities of Australia are some of the most highly adaptive plant communities in the world. These plants live in an environment that is often engulfed with seawater. This environment is considered an arid environment due to the lack of fresh water. The plants of the mangrove community must develop several adaptations to deal with the environment. The environment these plants often inhabit is referred to as an intertidal zone. The intertidal zone is the transition between the salty ocean to the fresh water of the interior of the continent or island. To deal with the salty environment, mangrove plants have developed modified roots. In some species, the roots filter the incoming seawater.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of water temperature and exposure on seed germination. Germination is a process of when a seed begins to grow or develop into a seedling from an angiosperm or gymnosperm. Majority of plants come from seeds and since there are many different types of seeds, some have different times of germination. Sweet corn seeds, watermelon seeds and green bean seeds were tested to see if seed germination is altered by long-term exposure to water of different temperatures. Sweet corn seeds, watermelon seeds and green bean seeds were placed into a 16-ounce labeled cup containing 5 seeds of each. About 8 ounces of purified water was poured into each cup. The three cups were placed into different water temperatures: hot (85 degrees F), room temperature (60 degrees F), and cold

One type of irrigation, drip irrigation, is a method which plants reach water supply. Drip irrigation is the most widely used method of irrigation in Napa Valley. By directly applying water to either the root zone or to the surrounding soil, this method significantly reduces the amount of water used. In addition, growers are able to control the exact amount of water applied to each vine, reduce evaporation, and minimize surface runoff. Although the water goes around root system, it does not go far and as a result, there is an accumulation of salts. Furthermore, most of the water in California comes from mountains which has salt in them and once that area is flushed, the farmer can also flush the soil. If flushing does not occur, then saline and sodic conditions can possibly

in a desert climate have some mechanism that allows them to cope with water stress. Some plants

Salt marshes have high primary productivity (O 'Connor, Violin, Anton, Ladwig, & Piehler, 2011). Much like estuaries, salt marshes have a variety of different salinities. The environment of a salt marsh is dependent on the tides and the weather. The upper marsh has lower salinity due to low tidal inflow, whereas the lower marsh salinity is maintained by daily tidal inflow. However, variables such as heavy rain can affect both the upper and lower tidal zones. Salt marshes can also experience dry seasons where the water experiences evaporation which increases the salinity of

The plants that grow in saline soils have diverse ionic compositions and a range in concentrations of dissolved salts (Volkmar et al., 1998). These concentrations fluctuate because of changes in water source, drainage, evapo-transpiration, and solute availability (Volkmar et al., 1998). Due to these varying conditions, plant growth depends on a supply of inorganic nutrients, and this level of nutrients varies in time and space (Maathius and Amtmann, 1999). Either extreme condition concerning nutrients results in deficiency or toxicity in plants, and this is demonstrated by salt tolerance (Maathius and Amtmann, 1999). These conditions vary according to the plant species and growth conditions. Little is known about the genetic basis for diversity of salt tolerance in plants, and this could be partly explained through the definitions given for salinity.