Salt (chemistry)

Ecology

Biotechnology

Neuroscience

Cultivar

Biology

Salinity

Physical chemistry

Sorghum

Halophyte

Agronomy

Soil salinity

Chemistry

Adaptation (eye)

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Global soil salinization is increasingly a serious threat to agriculture worldwide. Therefore, it is imperative to improve crop salt tolerance as a means of adaptation to saline habitats. Some halophytes and most monocotyledonous crops are salt-excluders. Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of salt exclusion at the molecular level in salt-exclusion plants is critical for improving the salt tolerance of monocotyledonous crops such as maize, wheat, rice, and sorghum. In this review, we summarize recent research into salt-exclusion mechanisms and the genes that underlie them. Findings related to salt exclusion may accelerate the process of breeding tolerant cultivars by using genomic and molecular tools.

Adaptation Mechanism of Salt Excluders under Saline Conditions and Its Applications