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Old 20-09-2003, 07:02 PM
P van Rijckevorsel
 
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Default Genetic engineering of plants

Martin Hodson schreef
"With all the soils in the world that have been degraded by mineral
salts from fertilizer overuse and irrigation, salt tolerance may be
one of the most valuable traits that can be engineered into crops."
The theory is great. When I did my doctorate on salt tolerance in the
late 70's/early 80's


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Just idle curiosity: from time to time I am thinking about going and looking
for good (general) references on Haloxylon. I have the feeling there should
be a considerable amount of literature out there but I don't run into it
easily.

Any suggestions?
PvR