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Salt tolerance mechanisms in trees: research progress

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Our manuscript discussed salt tolerance mechanisms in trees, genes associated with salt stress tolerance, methods to improve the salt tolerance of trees, and research frontiers.

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Soil salinization is a global problem that seriously affects plant growth and development. Improving the salt tolerance of trees is an import economic and ecological aim in forestry. Recent studies have provided insight into resistance mechanisms in trees. Here, we present an overview of salt tolerance in trees and discuss mechanisms, genes associated and methods to improve the salt tolerance of trees, as well as research frontiers.

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This work was supported by Agricultural Variety Improvement Project of Shandong Province (2019LZGC009), Shandong Provincial "Bohai Granary" Science and Technology Demonstration Project (2019BHLC004), and the major projects of science and technology in Shandong province (2017CXGC0311), and the Program for Scientific Research Innovation Team in Colleges and Universities of Shandong Province

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Zhang, M., Liu, Y., Han, G. et al. Salt tolerance mechanisms in trees: research progress. Trees 35, 717–730 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-020-02060-0

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