Polyploidy, defined as the coexistence of three or more complete sets of chromosomes in an
organism's cells, is considered as a pivotal moving force in the evolutionary history of …

To survive in a saline environment, halophytes have evolved many strategies to resist salt
stress. The salt glands of recretohalophytes are exceptional features for directly secreting …

Soil salinization is one of the most serious abiotic stress factors affecting plant productivity
through reduction of soil water potential, decreasing the absorptive capacity of the roots for …

Salt stress is a complex trait that poses a grand challenge in developing new crops better
adapted to saline environments. Some plants, called recretohalophytes, that have naturally …

Soil salinity is destroying arable land and is considered to be one of the major threats to
global food security in the 21st century. Therefore, the ability of naturally salt-tolerant …

When plants are subjected to various biotic and abiotic stresses, the root system responds
actively by secreting different types and amounts of bioactive compounds, while affects the …

Plants with the crassulacean acid metabolism commonly present good adaptation to arid
and semi-arid environments, but it highly depends on the type of species. In this study …

Crop wild relatives represent a valuable resource for the breeding of new crop varieties
suitable for sustainable productivity in conditions of climate change. The aim of the present …

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, one of the most important dryland cereal crops, is moderately
tolerant of soil salinity, a rapidly increasing agricultural problem due to inappropriate …

The aim of the present review was to reconsider basic information about various functional
aspects related to plant water content and provide evidence that the usefulness of …