Despite the numerous advances made in our understanding of the physiology and
molecular genetics of salinity tolerance, there have been relatively few applications of these …

Deleterious effects of climate change and human activities, as well as diverse environmental
stresses, present critical challenges to food production and the maintenance of natural …

Plant breeders require access to new genetic diversity to satisfy the demands of a growing
human population for more food that can be produced in a variable or changing climate and …

Climate change affects agricultural productivity worldwide. Increased prices of food
commodities are the initial indication of drastic edible yield loss, which is expected to …

Soil and water salinity substantially constrain crop and biomass production. Research over
the last two plus decades, facilitated by advances in molecular genetics and biotechnology …

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 …

Highlights•HKT transporter-mediated Na+ absorption in root stelar cells is a key salt
tolerance mechanism.•HKTs are presently the most widely known genes that enhance salt …

Drought and salinity are the most significant abiotic stresses to limit the production of the
world's staple food crops. Knowledge about physiological traits, and new molecular tools to …

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 …

Abiotic stress tolerance is complex, but as phenoty** technologies improve, components
that contribute to abiotic stress tolerance can be quantified with increasing ease. In parallel …