Drought and Salt Tolerance in Plants

• Published in: Critical reviews in plant sciences Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 23 - 58
• Main Authors: Bartels, Dorothea, Sunkar, Ramanjulu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Colchester Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2005; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: ABA; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; dehydration; Drought; Economic plant physiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Physical agents; Plant physiology and development; plant stress tolerance; salinity; Salt tolerance; transgenic plants; Vegetative apparatus, growth and morphogenesis. Senescence; Water relations, transpiration, stomata; Vegetals; Tolerance; Aizoaceae; Review; Stress; Salinity; Arabidopsis thaliana; Mesembryanthemum crystallinum; Cruciferae; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Genetic improvement; Spermatophyta; Transgenic plant; Mechanism of action

Agricultural productivity worldwide is subject to increasing environmental constraints, particularly to drought and salinity due to their high magnitude of impact and wide distribution. Traditional breeding programs trying to improve abiotic stress tolerance have had some success, but are limited by...