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From: NaCl improves reproduction by enhancing starch accumulation in the ovules of the euhalophyte Suaeda salsa

Fig. 10

Working model of seed development in S. salsa under high-NaCl conditions. The enhanced seed size in S. salsa exposed to NaCl is mainly dependent on the supply of materials from leaves and petals, which provide increased levels of photosynthates for seed development, including increased sugar contents in flowers and starch contents in ovules. The enhanced sugar and starch accumulation in flowers and seeds is related to the upregulated expression of genes involved in photosynthesis, carbon utilization, and sucrose and starch metabolism, thus increasing seed size in NaCl-treated S. salsa plants

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