Improving Salinity Tolerance in Cereals

• Published in: Critical reviews in plant sciences Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 237 - 249
• Main Authors: Shahbaz, M., Ashraf, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Taylor & Francis Group 04.07.2013; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: abiotic stress; Biological and medical sciences; Cereal crops; Cereals; conventional breeding; Crop production; Crops; Cultivars; Environmental conditions; environmental factors; Environmental stress; Food security; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetic engineering; Genetics; grain crops; grain yield; marker-assisted selection; Oryza sativa; Plant sciences; Plants (organisms); rice; Salinity; Salinity tolerance; Salt tolerance; soil; Soils; Stresses; Tolerances; transgenic approaches; Triticum aestivum; wheat; Halotolerance; Salt resistance; transgenic approaches; conventional breeding; Marker assisted selection; salt tolerance; marker-assisted selection; Review; Plant sciences; cereals; Genetically modified organism; Salinity

Cereals are grown in almost every region of the world and are exposed to a variety of environmental stresses that severely affect their growth and grain yield. Of various abiotic stresses, salinity is one of the more significant threats to cereal crops. To ensure food security, there is a need to ad...