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Halophytes as a source of genes for abiotic stress tolerance

Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, ISSN: 0971-7811, Vol: 21, Issue: SUPPL.1, Page: 63-67
2012
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  • Citations
    16
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      16
  • Captures
    32

Review Description

Agricultural productivity is majorly impacted due to various abiotic stresses, particularly salinity and drought. Halophytes serve as an excellent resource for identifying and developing new crop systems, as these grow very luxuriously in very high saline soils. Understanding salinity stress tolerance mechanisms in such plants is an important step towards generating crop varieties that can cope with environmental stresses. Use of modern tools of 'omics' analyses and small RNA sequencing has helped to gain insights into the complex plant stress responses. Salinity tolerance being a multigenic trait requires a combination of strategies and techniques to successfully develop improved crops varieties. Many transgenic crops are being developed through genetic transformation. Besides marker-assisted breeding/QTL approaches are also being used to improve abiotic stress tolerance. In this review, we focus on the recent developments in the utilization of halophytes as a source of genes for genetic improvement in abiotic stress tolerance of crops. © 2012 Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology.

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