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

• Published in: Annals of botany Vol. 112; no. 7; pp. 1209 - 1221
• Main Author: Shabala, Sergey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.11.2013
• Subjects: abiotic stress; Adaptation, Physiological; crops; Epidermal cells; genes; genetic variation; Halophytes; INVITED REVIEW; metabolism; physiology; plant breeding; Plant cells; Plant physiology; Plant Stomata; Plant Stomata - physiology; Plants; potassium; Quinoa; Salinity; Salt tolerance; Salt-Tolerant Plants; Salt-Tolerant Plants - physiology; shoots; sodium; Sodium Chloride; Sodium Chloride - metabolism; stomata; stress tolerance; Stress, Physiological; tonoplast; Trichomes; vacuoles; Vacuoles - metabolism; water use efficiency; Xylem; stomata; vacuole; drought; membrane potential; trichome; epidermal bladder; osmotic adjustment; cytosolic potassium; sodium sequestration; xylem loading; Salinity

• 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 becoming lost to urban sprawl, forcing agricultural production into marginal areas. Consequently, there is a need f...