ReviewAnnals of botany2013
Learning from halophytes: physiological basis and strategies to improve abiotic stress tolerance in crops.
Review in Annals of botany, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 245 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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245 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Exogenous nitric oxide promotes salinity tolerance in plants: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Pooled it
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- Integrating multitrait physiological approaches to characterize salinity tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
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- Cold-responsive interaction between MdRAD23D1 and MdMYB15 confers cold stress tolerance via the CBF pathway in apple (Malus domestica).PLoS genetics · 2026Article
- Rhamnogalacturonan-II Dimerisation Reinforces Salt Resistance in Sugar Beet.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Article
- Integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis reveals the salt tolerance mechanisms in Lagerstroemia indica.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Salinity tolerance in wheat: rethinking the targets.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Review
- Integrated evaluation and screening of salt-tolerant wheat germplasm and indices.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Dissecting the ROS signalling component of salinity tolerance: tissue-specific K+/Na+ homeostasis in quinoa and spinach roots.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Article
- Distinguished Features of Adaptive Strategies of Halophytes and Glycophytes with Different Types of Photosynthesis in Response to Climatic Stressors.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Ultraviolet B radiation improves salt-induced responses in the facultative halophyte Chenopodium quinoa.Plant physiology · 2026Article
- Identification of miRNAs and Profiling of ROS Metabolism in Response to Saline-Alkali Stress in Wheat (Biomolecules · 2026Article
- High-concentration peat drives divergent transcriptomic responses to enhance saline-alkaline tolerance and phytoremediation in twoFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Calcium dominance, ion regulation, and metabolic defenses underlie salt tolerance in the halophytePeerJ · 2026Article
- Role of jasmonic acid and salicylic acid in salinity stress mitigation in plants.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
- Exogenous glycine betaine alleviates dynamic physiological and transcriptomic responses inFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundGlobal annual losses in agricultural production from salt-affected land are in excess of US$12 billion and rising. At the same time, a significant amount of arable land is becoming lost to urban sprawl, forcing agricultural production into marginal areas. Consequently, there is a need for a major breakthrough in crop breeding for salinity tolerance. Given the limited range of genetic diversity in this trait within traditional crops, stress tolerance genes and mechanisms must be identified in extremophiles and then introduced into traditional crops. SCOPE AND
conclusionsThis review argues that learning from halophytes may be a promising way of achieving this goal. The paper is focused around two central questions: what are the key physiological mechanisms conferring salinity tolerance in halophytes that can be introduced into non-halophyte crop species to improve their performance under saline conditions and what specific genes need to be targeted to achieve this goal? The specific traits that are discussed and advocated include: manipulation of trichome shape, size and density to enable their use for external Na(+) sequestration; increasing the efficiency of internal Na(+) sequestration in vacuoles by the orchestrated regulation of tonoplast NHX exchangers and slow and fast vacuolar channels, combined with greater cytosolic K(+) retention; controlling stomata aperture and optimizing water use efficiency by reducing stomatal density; and efficient control of xylem ion loading, enabling rapid shoot osmotic adjustment while preventing prolonged Na(+) transport to the shoot.
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