ABSTRACT
Surveys of the ionic content of species from different plant communities provide essential data concerning the ionic accumulation by plants. A few field investigations have been carried out in which researchers have attempted to determine the seasonal change in ionic content of species in salt marsh and salt desert plant communities. More research is needed to determine how changes in soil salinity level and other environmental variables are related to changes in the ionic content of salt marsh and salt desert plants during a growing season. The relationship between plant growth responses to salinity and ion uptake have been investigated by a number of researchers. K. S. Rajpurohit and D. N. Sen hypothesized that seasonal variation in leaf Cl content of plant organs was related to number of biological and environmental factors, including leaf age, growth rate, soil ionic content, and osmotic potential of both plants and soils.
