Plant salt tolerance

Zhu , Jian-Kang (2001) Plant salt tolerance. Trends in Plant Science, 6 (2). pp. 66-71.

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Abstract

Soil salinity is a major abiotic stress in plant agriculture worldwide. This has led to research into salt tolerance with the aim of improving crop plants. However, salt tolerance might have much wider implications because transgenic salt-tolerant plants often also tolerate other stresses including chilling, freezing, heat and drought. Unfortunately, suitable genetic model systems have been hard to find. A recently discovered halophytic plant species, Thellungiella halophila, now promises to help in the detection of new tolerance determinants and operating pathways in a model system that is not limited to Arabidopsis traits or ecotype variations.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: I would like to thank Mike Hasegawa and Ray A. Bressan for stimulating discussions. Work in my laboratory was supported by the US National Institute of Health, the US National Science Foundation and the US Dept of Agriculture.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Salinity; Stress tolerance; Salt tolerance; Signal transduction; Genetic engineering; Model system; Arabidopsis; Halophyte; Thellungiella
Author Affiliation: Dept Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Subjects: Crop Improvement
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Mr Balakrishna Garadasu
Date Deposited: 25 May 2013 14:58
Last Modified: 25 May 2013 14:58
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1360-1385(00)01838-0
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/10624

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