Jacobs and Highet, 1990). Plants are densely papillose with large bladder cells, especially prominent on the receptacle (Hartmann, 2002). These give the plant a glistening appearance, and hence the species name "ice-plant" (Bohnert Laboratories, 2003). Mesembryanthemum crystallinum can be annual,
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The common ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.) has emerged as a useful model for molecular genetic studies of Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) because CAM can be induced in this species by water deficit or salinity stress. ... Plants performing C3 photosynthesis were irrigated daily with 0.25x Hoagland's solution.
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Ice plants are interesting succulents with daisy-like flowers. True Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum); Though this was originally native to Africa, it has now naturalized in various warm regions of the world from the Mediterranean to California. True ice plant is an annual with creeping branching stems.
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"Isolation of a full-length cDNA clone encoding a cytosolic Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase from the common ice plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L."; Emig I., Owens K., Ratajczak R., Luettge U., Cushman J.C.; Plant Gene Register PGR98-020;
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Formation of phosphoenolpyruvate, which is the primary acceptor of CO2 in C4 and some Crassulacean acid metabolism plants. ... "The gene encoding pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase from Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. has a long intron in the 5' untranslated region."; Fisslthaler B., Meyer G., Schmitt J.M.;
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The common ice plant has white flowers and fleshy leaves coated with glistening hairs that resemble ice. Despite its frosty name and looks, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum likes it warm and dry: It grows in saline regions, coastal bluffs, and cliffs. ... See also GNN's In the Literature Ice plants under stress...
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Ice Plant — Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.1 ... The culture of ice plant appears to be quite easy. Sow the very small seeds shallowly like spinach seeds. Space rows 1 foot apart, and thin plants to stand 6 inches in the row.
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