Salt stress is a major limiting factor for crop production across the world. Rice is particularly sensitive to salinity, with both plant growth and grain yield significantly impaired under saline conditions. However...
Wild germplasm can potentially be used to improve the salt tolerance of crops by the identification of useful genes and incorporation of these into salinity-sensitive cultivars.
Rising sea levels mean increased salinity for plants on the shore, but how well do coastal plants cope with salt? New research says they're surprisingly bad at it.
Night-time transpiration accounts for a considerable amount of water loss in crop plants, yet its biological function, regulation and response to salt stress are poorly understood. Even et al. present data on barley...
Some deleterious effects of drought, soil salinity and other abiotic stresses are mediated by the generation of oxidative stress through an increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) that damage cellular membranes...
Seed germination under osmotic and salt stresses Most genetic studies on the effects of water and salt stresses on seed germination have used conditions that are more extreme than those found in nature. Vallejo et al...