The Role of Na+ and K+ Transporters in Salt Stress Adaptation in Glycophytes

DVM Assaha, A Ueda, H Saneoka, R Al-Yahyai… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Ionic stress is one of the most important components of salinity and is brought about by
excess Na+ accumulation, especially in the aerial parts of plants. Since Na+ interferes with …

Energy costs of salt tolerance in crop plants

R Munns, DA Day, W Fricke, M Watt, B Arsova… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Agriculture is expanding into regions that are affected by salinity. This review considers the
energetic costs of salinity tolerance in crop plants and provides a framework for a …

Adaptive mechanisms of halophytes and their potential in improving salinity tolerance in plants

MM Rahman, MG Mostofa, SS Keya… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Soil salinization, which is aggravated by climate change and inappropriate anthropogenic
activities, has emerged as a serious environmental problem, threatening sustainable …

It is not all about sodium: revealing tissue specificity and signalling roles of potassium in plant responses to salt stress

H Wu, X Zhang, JP Giraldo, S Shabala - Plant and soil, 2018 - Springer
Background Salinity is a global issue threatening agricultural production systems across the
globe. While the major focus of plant salinity stress tolerance research has been on sodium …

Sodium chloride toxicity and the cellular basis of salt tolerance in halophytes

TJ Flowers, R Munns, TD Colmer - Annals of botany, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Halophytes are the flora of saline soils. They adjust osmotically to soil salinity
by accumulating ions and sequestering the vast majority of these (generally Na+ and Cl−) in …

Quinoa abiotic stress responses: A review

L Hinojosa, JA González, FH Barrios-Masias… - Plants, 2018 - mdpi.com
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is a genetically diverse Andean crop that has earned
special attention worldwide due to its nutritional and health benefits and its ability to adapt to …

ROS homeostasis in halophytes in the context of salinity stress tolerance

J Bose, A Rodrigo-Moreno… - Journal of experimental …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Halophytes are defined as plants that are adapted to live in soils containing high
concentrations of salt and benefiting from it, and thus represent an ideal model to …

Learning from halophytes: physiological basis and strategies to improve abiotic stress tolerance in crops

S Shabala - Annals of botany, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background Global 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 …

Regulation of potassium transport in plants under hostile conditions: implications for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance

S Shabala, I Pottosin - Physiologia plantarum, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Intracellular potassium homeostasis is a prerequisite for the optimal operation of plant
metabolic machinery and plant's overall performance. It is controlled by K+ uptake, efflux …

Halophyte agriculture: Success stories

S Panta, T Flowers, P Lane, R Doyle, G Haros… - … and experimental botany, 2014 - Elsevier
The world's food production will need to increase by up to 70% by 2050 to match the
predicted population growth. Achieving this goal will be challenging due to the decreased …