Abstract
Abiotic stress has emerged as a major threat to food security, accounting for the majority of crop and agricultural product losses worldwide. Salinity is one of the primary key variables that inhibit plant growth and productivity among other abiotic stresses. The growing negative effects of salinity stress (SS) are putting global food and nutritional security at jeopardy. Plants respond to high salinity stress by initiating a series of events and adapt by activating a number of stress-responsive genes. However, the complex and poorly known mechanism of salt tolerance (ST) are key roadblocks to breeding for improved ST. As a result, while making crop selections, the focus should be on assessing crop diversity and addressing adaptive/morpho-physiological traits. The quick and precise introgression of ST-related gene(s)/QTLs into salinity-susceptible cultivars to restore genotypes with improved ST is also important. Therefore, a sensible integration of molecular breeding, functional genomics, and transgenic technologies, as well as next-generation phenomics facilities, is required for the gradual tailoring of salinity-tolerant genotypes.
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Verma, R., Tomar, M., Mahajan, M., Yadav, P., Rana, A., Seva Nayak, D. (2023). Exploiting Integrated Breeding Strategies to Improve Salinity Tolerance in Crop Plants. In: Kumar, A., Dhansu, P., Mann, A. (eds) Salinity and Drought Tolerance in Plants. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4669-3_16
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