Plant Salinity Stress: Many Unanswered Questions Remain
Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics · University of York · +1 more institution
Abstract
Salinity is a major threat to modern agriculture causing inhibition and impairment of crop growth and development. Here, we review recent advances in salinity stress research in plants but also revisit some basic perennial questions that still remain unanswered. In this review we analyse the physiological, biochemical, and molecular aspects of Na+ and Cl+ uptake, sequestration and transport associated with salinity. We discuss the role and importance of symplastic versus apoplastic pathways for ion uptake and critically evaluate the role of different types of membrane transporters in Na+ and Cl- uptake and intercellular and intracellular ion distribution. Our incomplete knowledge regarding possible mechanisms…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 162.03
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 152
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2Topics & keywords
- Apoplast
- Salinity
- Vacuole
- Cytosol
- Biology
- Intracellular
- Biophysics
- Botany
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