| DEDICATION | 第1-8页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-9页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第11-13页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第13-17页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第17-18页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第18-19页 |
| CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION | 第19-22页 |
| ·Background information | 第19-21页 |
| ·Research objectives | 第21-22页 |
| ·General objective | 第21页 |
| ·Specific objectives | 第21-22页 |
| CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE | 第22-47页 |
| ·Abiotic stress | 第22-24页 |
| ·Various abiotic stress elicitors | 第22页 |
| ·Stress signaling pathway | 第22-24页 |
| ·Salinity stress | 第24-30页 |
| ·Overview | 第24页 |
| ·Effects of salinity stress on plants | 第24-30页 |
| ·Growth | 第24-25页 |
| ·Water relations | 第25-26页 |
| ·Leaf anatomy and cell ultrastructure | 第26-27页 |
| ·Photosynthesis | 第27-28页 |
| ·Lipids | 第28页 |
| ·Ion levels | 第28-29页 |
| ·Cellular redox homeostasis | 第29-30页 |
| ·Salt tolerance | 第30-43页 |
| ·Mechanisms conferring salt tolerance | 第31-38页 |
| ·Regulation of ion uptake and transport in to leaves | 第32页 |
| ·Secretion,selective accumulation or exclusion of ions | 第32-34页 |
| ·Ion compartmentalization | 第34页 |
| ·Synthesis of compatible solutes | 第34-35页 |
| ·Induction of plant hormones | 第35-36页 |
| ·Induction of antioxidative enzymes | 第36-38页 |
| ·Potential indicators of salinity tolerance | 第38-43页 |
| ·Exogenous application of salicylic acid:A salinity tolerance stimulator? | 第43-46页 |
| ·Overview | 第43-44页 |
| ·Role of SA in stress resistance | 第44-45页 |
| ·Future prospects | 第45-46页 |
| ·Salinity stress and Gerbera | 第46-47页 |
| CHAPTER 3 DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM SALT STRESS ON GROWTH,PHYSIOLOGY AND ULTRASTRUCTURE OF GERBERA (GERBERA JAMESONII L.) AND POTENTIAL INDICATORS OF ITS SALT SENSITIVITY | 第47-71页 |
| ·Introduction | 第47-48页 |
| ·Materials and methods | 第48-51页 |
| ·Plant Material,growth conditions and treatments | 第48-49页 |
| ·Measurements of growth,yield,flower quality and vase-life | 第49页 |
| ·Analysis of inorganic ions | 第49-50页 |
| ·Determination of biochemicals | 第50-51页 |
| ·Ultrastructural responses of leaf and root cells | 第51页 |
| ·Statistical analysis | 第51页 |
| ·Results | 第51-64页 |
| ·Plant growth,development,yield,flower quality and vase-life | 第51-55页 |
| ·Concentration and distribution of inorganic ions | 第55-57页 |
| ·Biochemical responses | 第57-60页 |
| ·Ultrastructural responses of leaf and root cells | 第60-63页 |
| ·Correlations among parameters | 第63-64页 |
| ·Discussion | 第64-70页 |
| ·Growth,development,yield and flower quality | 第64-65页 |
| ·Nutrition | 第65-66页 |
| ·Biochemical responses | 第66-68页 |
| ·Ultrastructural responses of leaf and root cells | 第68-70页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第70-71页 |
| CHAPTER 4 SALICYLIC ACID INDUCED SALT TOLERANCE THROUGH ENHANCED PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY AND ALLEVIATION OF OXIDATIVE DAMAGE IN GERBERA (Gerbera jamesonii L.) | 第71-96页 |
| ·Introduction | 第71-73页 |
| ·Materials and Methods | 第73-78页 |
| ·Plant material,growth conditions and treatments | 第73页 |
| ·SA application and salt stress treatment | 第73-74页 |
| ·Photosynthetic rate and gas exchange measurements | 第74页 |
| ·Determination of photosynthetic pigments content | 第74页 |
| ·Chloroplast ultrastructure | 第74-75页 |
| ·Membrane permeability:tissue electrolyte leakage | 第75页 |
| ·Lipid peroxidation:MDA content | 第75-76页 |
| ·Enzyme extractions and assays | 第76-77页 |
| ·Determination of free proline content | 第77页 |
| ·Statistical analysis | 第77-78页 |
| ·Results | 第78-86页 |
| ·Gas exchange measurements | 第78-80页 |
| ·Photosynthetic pigments contents | 第80-81页 |
| ·Chloroplast ultrastructure | 第81-82页 |
| ·Membrane permeability:tissue electrolyte leakage | 第82-83页 |
| ·Lipid peroxidation:MDA content | 第83-84页 |
| ·Antioxidative enzyme activities | 第84-85页 |
| ·Free proline content | 第85-86页 |
| ·Discussion | 第86-94页 |
| ·SA induced salt tolerance:enhanced photosynthetic capacity | 第86-91页 |
| ·SA induced salt tolerance:alleviation of oxidative stress,lipid peroxidation,membrane damage and osmotic stress. | 第91-94页 |
| ·Cost analysis | 第94页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第94-96页 |
| CHAPTER 5 OVERALL CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS | 第96-98页 |
| ·Overall conclusions | 第96-97页 |
| ·Future prospects | 第97-98页 |
| REFERENCES | 第98-123页 |
| PUBLICATIONS | 第123页 |
