Abstract
ALTHOUGH the tolerance of plants to salt is of great economic importance and has received detailed attention, data for contrasting populations of species that occur naturally in saline and non-saline habitats are limited. Demonstrations of the significance of salt in the distribution of forms of Typha by McMillan1 and McNaughton2 are notable exceptions. We have therefore examined the salt tolerance of populations of Festuca rubra L., which occurs in both the lower and upper regions of salt marshes and in the adjacent non-saline uplands, and of Agrostis stolonifera L. which coexists with Festuca in the upper marsh and upland. Five such populations were collected from each of two geographically separate but otherwise similar sites (Aber, Caernarvonshire and Malltraeth, Anglesey).
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Similar content being viewed by others
References
McMillan, C., Amer. J. Bot., 46, 521 (1959).
McNaughton, S. J., Ecol. Monog., 36, 297 (1966).
Wilkins, D. A., Nature, 180, 37 (1957).
Bradshaw, A. D., McNeilly, T. S., and Gregory, R. P. G., Symp. Brit. Ecol. Soc., 5, 327 (1965).
Gregor, J. W., New Phytol., 45, 254 (1946).
Jain, S. K., and Bradshaw, A. D., Heredity, 21, 407 (1966).
Pigott, C. D., Symp. Brit. Ecol. Soc., 8 (in the press).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
HANNON, N., BRADSHAW, A. Evolution of Salt Tolerance in Two Coexisting Species of Grass. Nature 220, 1342–1343 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2201342a0
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/2201342a0
This article is cited by
-
Adaptation to salinity inHordeum jubatum L. populations studied using reciprocal transplants
Vegetatio (1996)
-
Between and within cultivar variability in salt tolerance in lucerne, (Medicago sativa L.)
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (1994)
-
Heritability estimates of variation for NaCl tolerance in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench seedlings
Euphytica (1989)
-
Response to long- and short-term salinity in populations of the C4 nonhalophyte Andropogon glomeratus Walter B.S.P.
Oecologia (1988)
-
Physiological responses in two populations of Andropogon glomeratus Walter B.S.P. to short-term salinity
Oecologia (1988)
Comments
By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.