@Article{, title={Eco-physiological and leaves anatomical study on Cressa cretica and Capparis spinosa in different saline soil within Babylon province, Iraq Eco-physiological and leaves anatomical study on Cressa cretica and Capparis spinosa in different saline soil within Babylon province, Iraq}, author={Shaimaa O.H.Al-Mamoori and Batool Mohammad Hassan Al-Adily and Shaemaa Muhi Hasoon Al-Amery}, journal={Mesopotamia Environmental Journal بيئة وادي الرافدين}, volume={5}, number={3}, pages={64-73}, year={2020}, abstract={The halophytes Cressa cretica and Capparis spinosawere collected from two sitesdiffered in their soil salinity within Babylon Province, Iraq. Both TAO & SOD andtheanatomical changes of leaves were studied to understand the ability of each speciesto tolerant soil salinity. Results showed that Capparis spinosaincreased bothTAO &SOD, whileCressa creticaincreased SOD in high concentrations only. Salinityinduced increase of xylem and phloem in C. cretica and the succulence of epidermalcells, while it don’t formed a significant anatomical variations in leaves of C. spinosa.

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