TY - JOUR AU - Rains, D. William TI - Metabolic energy cost for plant cells exposed to salinity JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1984/10/01 VL - 38 IS - 10 SP - 22 EP - 22 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v038n10p22 AB - Not available – first paragraph follows: A biological system under stress probably uses more energy than the same system in the absence of stress. When a plant is exposed to high levels of salt, extra metabolic energy is likely to be consumed in processes related to osmotic adjustment within the cells. Without this adjustment, the plant would lose water to the surrounding saline environment, dehydrate, and die.