New insights on plant salt tolerance mechanisms and their potential use for breeding

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue NOVEMBER2016, 2016, Pages

  Hanin, Moez ^a,b   Ebel, Chantal ^a,b   Ngom, Mariama ^c,d   Laplaze, Laurent ^c,d,e   Masmoudi, Khaled ^f  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b Université de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^c Lab Mixte Intl Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associes Aux Stress Environnementaux   (Senegal)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^e University of Montpellier 2   (France)

^f UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Beneficial soil microorganisms; Detoxification pathways; Engineering of plant salinity tolerance; Salinity; Tolerance mechanisms; Transport of sodium

Indexed keywords

EID: 85003728111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01787     Document Type: Review

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