(1) Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 517 502, India
Abstract:
Salt stress causes decrease in plant growth and productivity by disrupting physiological processes, especially photosynthesis. The accumulation of intracellular sodium ions at salt stress changes the ratio of K : Na, which seems to affect the bioenergetic processes of photosynthesis. Both multiple inhibitory effects of salt stress on photosynthesis and possible salt stress tolerance mechanisms in cyanobacteria and plants are reviewed.This revised version was published online in March 2005 with corrections to the page numbers.