Salinity
is
a
major
limiting
factor
for
sustainable
agricultural
production,
which
may
amplify
with
the
continuous
climate
change.
To
keep
pace
growing
demands,
development
of
crops
enhanced
salinity
tolerance
emerging
as
an
urgent
requirement.
Therefore,
unraveling
molecular
networks
in
plants
discovery
candidate
genes
strengthen
attempt
developing
genetically
modified
tolerance.
Transcription
factors
(TFs)
act
switches
regulating
morpho-physiological,
biochemical,
and
metabolic
processes
enabling
to
cope
adverse
environment.
The
present
chapter
summarizes
TFs
involved
plants'
responses
stress
conceive
prospective
approaches
augment
crop
plant
exploiting
saline
Physiologia Plantarum,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
174(3)
Published: May 1, 2022
Soil
salinity
is
one
of
the
most
serious
threats
to
plant
growth
and
productivity.
Due
global
climate
change,
burgeoning
population
shrinking
arable
land,
there
an
urgent
need
develop
crops
with
minimum
reduction
in
yield
when
cultivated
salt-affected
areas.
Salinity
stress
imposes
osmotic
as
well
ion
toxicity,
which
impairs
major
processes
such
photosynthesis,
cellular
metabolism,
nutrition.
One
effects
plants
includes
disturbance
homeostasis
various
tissues.
In
present
study,
we
aimed
review
regulation
uptake,
transport,
storage,
efflux,
influx,
accumulation
ions
under
stress.
We
have
summarized
research
advancements
towards
understanding
at
both
whole-plant
level
also
discussed
factors
regulating
function
transporters
channels
maintaining
ionic
interactions
salt
stress,
including
antioxidative
defense,
osmo-protection,
osmoregulation.
further
elaborated
on
perception
extracellular
intracellular
levels,
triggers
downstream
intracellular-signaling
cascade,
secondary
messenger
molecules
generation.
Various
signaling
signal
transduction
mechanisms
their
role
improving
are
discussed.
Taken
together,
focuses
recent
different
may
pave
way
for
crop
improvement.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Jan. 12, 2024
Abstract
Due
to
global
climate
change,
crops
are
certainly
confronted
with
a
lot
of
abiotic
and
biotic
stress
factors
during
their
growth
that
cause
serious
threat
development
overall
productivity.
Among
different
stresses,
salt
drought
considered
the
most
devastating
stressors
impact
on
crop’s
yield
stability.
Here,
current
study
aimed
elucidate
how
melatonin
works
in
regulating
plant
biomass,
oxidative
stress,
antioxidant
defense
system,
as
well
expression
genes
related
rice
plants.
Eight
groups
plants
(3
replicates,
5
each)
underwent
varied
treatments:
control,
melatonin,
salt,
drought,
+
melatonin.
Melatonin
(100
µM)
was
alternately
applied
week
before
exposure;
received
100
mM
NaCl
every
3
days
for
weeks,
involved
10%
PEG.
Young
leaves
were
randomly
sampled
from
each
group.
The
results
showed
treatment
markedly
reduces
damage
by
promoting
root,
shoot
length,
fresh
dry
weight,
increasing
chlorophyll
contents,
inhibiting
excessive
production
markers.
Salt
significantly
decreased
water
balance,
damaged
cell
membrane
reducing
relative
contents
electrolyte
leakage.
However,
treated
high
low
Under
conditions,
exogenous
application
boosted
level
responsive
like
OsSOS
,
OsNHX
OsHSF
OsDREB
Taken
together,
our
reveal
increases
tolerance
plants,
suppressing
ROS
accumulation,
elevating
antioxidants
efficiency,
up-regulating
genes.
New Phytologist,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
242(5), P. 2115 - 2131
Published: Feb. 15, 2024
Drought
is
one
of
the
major
environmental
constraints
for
wheat
production
world-wide.
As
progenitor
and
genetic
reservoir
common
wheat,
emmer
considered
as
an
invaluable
gene
pool
breeding
drought-tolerant
wheat.
Combining
GWAS
eGWAS
analysis
107
accessions,
we
identified
86
QTLs,
105
462
eQTLs
well
68
eQTL
hotspots
associating
with
drought
tolerance
(DT)
in
A
complex
regulatory
network
composed
185
upstream
regulator
2432
downstream
drought-responsive
candidates
was
developed,
which
TtOTS1
found
to
play
a
negative
effect
determining
DT
through
affecting
root
development.
This
study
sheds
light
on
revealing
basis
underlying
DT,
will
provide
indispensable
genes
germplasm
resources
elite
improvement
breeding.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
25(20), P. 10940 - 10940
Published: Oct. 11, 2024
Soil
salinization
is
a
widespread
hindrance
that
endangers
agricultural
production
and
ecological
security.
High
salt
concentrations
in
saline
soils
are
primarily
caused
by
osmotic
stress,
ionic
toxicity
oxidative
which
have
negative
impact
on
plant
growth
development.
In
order
to
withstand
plants
developed
series
of
complicated
physiological
molecular
mechanisms,
encompassing
adaptive
changes
the
structure
function
various
organs,
as
well
intricate
signal
transduction
networks
enabling
survive
high-salinity
environments.
This
review
summarizes
recent
advances
perception
under
different
tissues,
responses
signaling
regulations
tolerance
stress.
We
also
examine
current
knowledge
strategies
for
breeding
salt-tolerant
plants,
including
applications
omics
technologies
transgenic
approaches,
aiming
provide
basis
cultivation
crops
through
breeding.
Finally,
future
research
application
wild
germplasm
resources
muti-omics
discover
new
tolerant
genes
investigation
crosstalk
among
hormone
pathways
uncover
mechanisms
discussed
this
review.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
72(26), P. 14557 - 14569
Published: June 19, 2024
This
study
aimed
to
investigate
the
mechanisms
by
which
dark
septate
endophytes
(DSE)
regulate
salt
tolerance
and
accumulation
of
bioactive
constituents
in
licorice.
First,
stress
resynthesis
with
plant
effect
isolated
DSE
from
wild
licorice
were
tested.
Second,
performance
inoculated
DSE,
had
best
salt-tolerant
growth-promoting
effects,
was
examined
under
stress.
All
showed
promoted
growth,
withCurvularia
lunata
D43
being
most
effective.
Under
stress,
C.
could
promote
increase
antioxidant
enzyme
activities,
enhance
glycyrrhizic
acid
accumulation,
improve
key
activities
synthesis
pathway,
induce
expression
gene
The
structural
equation
model
demonstrated
that
alleviate
negative
effects
through
direct
indirect
pathways.
Variations
expression,
constituent
concentration
can
be
attributed
DSE.
These
results
contribute
revealing
value
for
cultivating
medicinal
plants
saline
soils.
Frontiers in Plant Science,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13
Published: July 28, 2022
Improvement
of
salinity
tolerance
in
rice
can
minimize
the
stress-induced
yield
losses.
Rice
(Oryza
sativa)
is
one
Asia's
most
widely
consumed
crops,
native
to
subtropical
regions,
and
generally
associated
with
sensitivity
stress
episodes.
Salt-tolerant
genotypes
have
been
developed
using
conventional
breeding
methods;
however,
success
ratio
limited
because
complex
nature
trait
high
cost
development.
The
narrow
genetic
base
methods.
Hence,
it
critical
launch
molecular
tools
for
screening
novel
germplasm
salt-tolerant
genes.
In
this
regard,
latest
techniques
like
quantitative
loci
(QTL)
mapping,
engineering
(GE),
transcription
factors
(TFs)
analysis,
clustered
regularly
interspaced
short
palindromic
repeats
(CRISPR)
are
reliable
incorporating
salt
at
level.
Large-scale
use
these
potent
approaches
leads
identifying
editing
several
genes/alleles,
QTL/genes
accountable
holding
mechanism
rice.
Continuous
practices
resulted
a
huge
decline
diversity,
which
great
worry
global
food
security.
However,
only
way
conserve
diversity
by
exploring
wild
desired
genes
programs.
review,
we
compiled
logical
evidences
successful
applications
boosting
rice,
their
limitations,
future
prospects.
This
well-organized
information
would
assist
researchers
understanding
improvement
Physiologia Plantarum,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
175(6)
Published: Nov. 1, 2023
Soil
salinity
leading
to
sodium
toxicity
is
developing
into
a
massive
challenge
for
agricultural
productivity
globally,
inducing
osmotic,
ionic,
and
redox
imbalances
in
plants.
Considering
the
predicted
increase
salinization
risk
with
ongoing
climate
change,
applying
plant
growth-promoting
rhizobacteria
(PGPR)
an
environmentally
safe
method
augmenting
tolerance.
The
present
study
examined
role
of
halotolerant
Bacillus
sp.
BSE01
as
promising
biostimulant
improving
salt
stress
endurance
chickpea.
Application
PGPR
significantly
increased
height,
relative
water
content,
chlorophyll
content
chickpea
under
both
non-stressed
conditions.
PGPR-mediated
tolerance
towards
was
accomplished
by
modulation
hormonal
signaling
conservation
cellular
homeostasis.
With
stress,
PGPR-treated
plants
indole-3-acetic
acid
gibberellic
contents
more
than
non-treated
Furthermore,
PGPR-inoculated
maintained
lower
1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic
abscisic
treatment.
also
exhibited
decreased
NADPH
oxidase
activity
reduced
production
reactive
oxygen
species
compared
non-inoculated
Additionally,
treatment
led
antioxidant
enzyme
activities
saline
conditions,
facilitating
nitrogen
detoxification,
thereby
limiting
nitro-oxidative
damage.
Following
enhanced
K+
/Na+
ratio
proline
were
noted
Therefore,
BSE01,
being
effective
reducer,
can
further
be
considered
develop
bioinoculant
sustainable
environments.
