Salt stress imposes a major environmental threat to agriculture and its adverse impacts are
getting more serious problem in regions where saline water is used for irrigation. Therefore …

Salt marshes are widely distributed and most productive ecosystems in the temperate zones
on the globe. These areas perform vital ecological functions and are populated mainly by …

Barley (Hordeum vulgare), one of the world's most extensively cultivated crops, is regarded
as salt tolerant compared with other Triticeae members. There are also differences in salt …

This study was aimed at obtaining detailed information about the interaction of NaCl-salinity
and elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration in the potential cash crop halophyte Aster …

This chapter covers the physiological and genetic mechanisms (ie enzymes and genes)
involved in the synthesis of glycinebetaine [betaine] and proline in plants, and in the role of …

Salinity is one of the major abiotic stresses that reduce plant growth and productivity of many
crops worldwide. Similarly to other stresses, salinity may cause oxidative stress via …

Agricultural production has been adversely affected worldwide by environmental restraints,
especially by drought and salinity because of their high scale of impact and wide …

Parallel to increase in global temperature, the increase in soil salinity around the world is
restricting the use of such areas for cultivation. This stresses the fact to look for an alternative …

Abiotic stress tolerance in plants is gaining importance day by day. Different techniques are
being employed to develop salt tolerant plants that directly or indirectly combat global food …

Crop growth and productivity is being seriously constrained by a range of abiotic stress
factors all over the globe. Literature revealed that abiotic stress factors [temperature …