Major genes for Na+ exclusion, Nax1 and Nax2 (wheat HKT1;4 and HKT1;5), decrease Na+ accumulation in bread wheat leaves under saline and waterlogged …

RA James, C Blake, CS Byrt… - Journal of experimental …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
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 …

HKT1;5-Like Cation Transporters Linked to Na+ Exclusion Loci in Wheat, Nax2 and Kna1

CS Byrt, JD Platten, W Spielmeyer, RA James… - Plant …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) has a greater ability to exclude Na+ from its leaves and is
more salt tolerant than durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum [Desf.]). A novel …

Physiological Characterization of Two Genes for Na+ Exclusion in Durum Wheat, Nax1 and Nax2

RA James, RJ Davenport, R Munns - Plant physiology, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum Desf.) Line 149 contains two novel major
genes for excluding Na+ from leaf blades, named Nax1 and Nax2. The genes were …

Impact of ancestral wheat sodium exclusion genes Nax1 and Nax2 on grain yield of durum wheat on saline soils

RA James, C Blake, AB Zwart, RA Hare… - Functional Plant …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Nax1 and Nax2 are two genetic loci that control the removal of Na+ from the xylem and
thereby help to exclude Na+ from leaves of plants in saline soil. They originate in the wheat …

The Na+ transporter, TaHKT1;5‐D, limits shoot Na+ accumulation in bread wheat

CS Byrt, B Xu, M Krishnan, DJ Lightfoot… - The Plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) has a major salt tolerance locus, Kna1, responsible for
the maintenance of a high cytosolic K+/Na+ ratio in the leaves of salt stressed plants. The …

A Sodium Transporter (HKT7) Is a Candidate for Nax1, a Gene for Salt Tolerance in Durum Wheat

S Huang, W Spielmeyer, ES Lagudah… - Plant …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum) is more salt sensitive than bread wheat
(Triticum aestivum). A novel source of Na+ exclusion conferring salt tolerance to durum …

Nax loci affect SOS1-like Na+/H+ exchanger expression and activity in wheat

M Zhu, L Shabala, TA Cuin, X Huang… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Salinity stress tolerance in durum wheat is strongly associated with a plant's ability to control
Na+ delivery to the shoot. Two loci, termed Nax1 and Nax2, were recently identified as being …

Sodium exclusion QTL associated with improved seedling growth in bread wheat under salinity stress

Y Genc, K Oldach, AP Verbyla, G Lott… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2010 - Springer
Worldwide, dryland salinity is a major limitation to crop production. Breeding for salinity
tolerance could be an effective way of improving yield and yield stability on saline-sodic …

Wheat grain yield on saline soils is improved by an ancestral Na+ transporter gene

R Munns, RA James, B Xu, A Athman, SJ Conn… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
The ability of wheat to maintain a low sodium concentration ([Na+]) in leaves correlates with
improved growth under saline conditions,. This trait, termed Na+ exclusion, contributes to the …

A locus for sodium exclusion (Nax1), a trait for salt tolerance, mapped in durum wheat

MP Lindsay, ES Lagudah, RA Hare… - Functional Plant …, 2004 - CSIRO Publishing
Salinity affects durum wheat [Triticum turgidum L. ssp. durum (Desf.)] more than it affects
bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), and results in lower yield for durum wheat cultivars …