Approximately 1 billion ha of the global land surface is currently salt-affected, representing
about 7% of the earth's land surface. Whereas most of it results from natural geochemical …

Salt stress reduces land and water productivity and contributes to poverty and food
insecurity. Increased salinization caused by human practices and climate change is …

Excess soil salinity affects large regions of land and is a major hindrance to crop production
worldwide. Therefore, understanding the molecular mechanisms of plant salt tolerance has …

Intracellular potassium homeostasis is a prerequisite for the optimal operation of plant
metabolic machinery and plant's overall performance. It is controlled by K+ uptake, efflux …

Although not essential for most plants, sodium (Na+) can be beneficial to plants in many
conditions, particularly when potassium (K+) is deficient. As such it can be regarded a 'non …

Key message A review of the available literature on genetics of yield and its component
traits, tolerance to abiotic stresses and biofortification should prove useful for future research …

Salinity tolerance comes from genes that limit the rate of salt uptake from the soil and the
transport of salt throughout the plant, adjust the ionic and osmotic balance of cells in roots …

This review describes physiological mechanisms and selectable indicators of gene action,
with the aim of promoting new screening methods to identify genetic variation for increasing …

Two major genes for Na+ exclusion in durum wheat, Nax1 and Nax2, that were previously
identified as the Na+ transporters TmHKT1; 4-A2 and TmHKT1; 5-A, were transferred into …

Salt tolerance quantitative trait loci analysis of rice has revealed that the SKC 1 locus, which
is involved in a higher K+/Na+ ratio in shoots, corresponds to the Os HKT 1; 5 gene …