Salinity is a major abiotic stress affecting approximately 7% of the world's total land area
resulting in billion dollar losses in crop production around the globe. Recent progress in …

Salinity causes billion dollar losses in crop production around the globe and has also a
significant social impact on rural communities. To breed salt tolerant crops, a better …

Plant salinity tolerance is a polygenic trait with contributions from genetic, developmental,
and physiological interactions, in addition to interactions between the plant and its …

Potassium uptake is vital for plant growth but in saline soils sodium competes with
potassium for uptake across the plasma membrane of plant cells. This can result in high …

The capacity of plants to maintain a high cytosolic K+/Na+ ratio is likely to be one of the key
determinants of plant salt tolerance. Important progress has been made in recent years …

Salinity in soil affects about 7% of the land's surface and about 5% of cultivated land. Most
importantly, about 20% of irrigated land has suffered from secondary salinisation and 50% of …

Soil salinity represents an increasing threat to agricultural production. High sodium (Na+)
concentrations in soils are toxic to most higher plants. More than 40% of irrigated lands …

Arabidopsis is frequently used as a genetic model in plant salt tolerance studies, however,
its physiological responses to salinity remain poorly characterized. This study presents a …

Potassium (K+) is an essential macronutrient in plants and a lack of K+ significantly reduces
the potential for plant growth and development. By contrast, sodium (Na+), while beneficial …

Evidence indicates that plant salt tolerance operates at a cellular level. Commonly proposed
cellular mechanisms include ion sequestration in vacuoles or ion exclusion at plasma …