Potassium transport and plant salt tolerance

• Published in: Physiologia plantarum Vol. 133; no. 4; pp. 651 - 669
• Main Authors: Shabala, Sergey, Cuin, Tracey A
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2008; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: abiotic stress; Adaptation to environment and cultivation conditions; Adaptation, Physiological; Adaptation, Physiological - drug effects; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; calcium; crop losses; crop production; drug effects; electrophysiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; genes; genetic traits; genetics; Genetics and breeding of economic plants; homeostasis; Homeostasis - drug effects; Homeostasis - genetics; inheritance (genetics); Ion Transport; Ion Transport - drug effects; metabolism; molecular genetics; pharmacology; plant breeders; plant genetics; plant tissues; planting; Plants; Plants - drug effects; Plants - genetics; Plants - metabolism; polyamines; potassium; Potassium - metabolism; salinity; salt tolerance; Sodium Chloride; Sodium Chloride - pharmacology; solutes; transporters; Varietal selection. Specialized plant breeding, plant breeding aims; Tolerance; Salinity

Salinity is a major abiotic stress affecting approximately 7% of the world's total land area resulting in billion dollar losses in crop production around the globe. Recent progress in molecular genetics and plant electrophysiology suggests that the ability of a plant to maintain a high cytosoli...