Salt stress in maize: effects, resistance mechanisms, and management. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 461-481

  Farooq, Muhammad ^a,b,c   Hussain, Mubshar ^d   Wakeel, Abdul ^a   Siddique, Kadambot H M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Apoplastic acidification; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Carbon fixation; Expansion; Ion homeostasis; Osmotic adjustment; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; Seed priming

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CARBON FIXATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMEOSTASIS; MAIZE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; RHIZOBACTERIUM; RHIZOSPHERE; SALINITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

FUNGI; RHIZOBIALES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84925709054     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-015-0287-0     Document Type: Review

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