Progress in Plant Salinity Resistance Research: Need for an Integrative Paradigm

As population, land, and water issues force more marginal lands into crop production, salinity ingress has become a serious limiting factor in sustainable production, and is the motivation for much recent research on salt tolerance mechanisms in plants. Biological approaches to improving salt tolera...

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Published in:Journal of crop production 2003-01, Vol.7 (1-2), p.387-407
Main Authors: Sharma, Surinder K., Goyal, Sham S.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:As population, land, and water issues force more marginal lands into crop production, salinity ingress has become a serious limiting factor in sustainable production, and is the motivation for much recent research on salt tolerance mechanisms in plants. Biological approaches to improving salt tolerance are being studied, particularly genetic improvement strategies. Related aspects of such studies are discussed, including exploiting genetic variation, salt tolerance traits, and limitations of the genetic approach. The
ISSN:1092-678X
DOI:10.1300/J144v07n01_15