Adaptation Mechanism of Salt Excluders under Saline Conditions and Its Applications

Global soil salinization is increasingly a serious threat to agriculture worldwide. Therefore, it is imperative to improve crop salt tolerance as a means of adaptation to saline habitats. Some halophytes and most monocotyledonous crops are salt-excluders. Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of s...

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Published in:International journal of molecular sciences 2018-11, Vol.19 (11), p.3668
Main Authors: Chen, Min, Yang, Zhen, Liu, Jing, Zhu, Tingting, Wei, Xiaocen, Fan, Hai, Wang, Baoshan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abiotic stress
Adaptation
Agricultural production
Biosynthesis
Corn
Crops
Cultivars
Halophytes
Lignin
molecular mechanism
Plant breeding
Review
Rice
Salinity tolerance
Salt
salt exclusion
salt-excluders
soil salinization
Sorghum
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Summary:Global soil salinization is increasingly a serious threat to agriculture worldwide. Therefore, it is imperative to improve crop salt tolerance as a means of adaptation to saline habitats. Some halophytes and most monocotyledonous crops are salt-excluders. Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of salt exclusion at the molecular level in salt-exclusion plants is critical for improving the salt tolerance of monocotyledonous crops such as maize, wheat, rice, and sorghum. In this review, we summarize recent research into salt-exclusion mechanisms and the genes that underlie them. Findings related to salt exclusion may accelerate the process of breeding tolerant cultivars by using genomic and molecular tools.
ISSN:1422-0067
1661-6596
1422-0067
DOI:10.3390/ijms19113668