Effects of Sodium Salinity on Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cultivation: A Review

Sodium salinity negatively affects and reduces yields in international agricultural systems. This stress decreases crop growth development, causing tissue death, flowering abortion, senescence of the fertilized embryo, enzymatic activity, protein synthesis, among other processes. Rice is a cereal great demand for its nutritional properties productivity affected by presence salts surfaces. The objective this article to review main effects sodium on morpho-physiological characteristics rice cultivation. For design strategy information search, methodology was followed compile summarize existing studies crop. results search showed that cause poor root growth, chlorosis, leaf curling scorching cereal; it also induces stomatal closure, inhibits photosynthesis, alters cell metabolism, causes oxidative crop, influences spikelet sterility grain yield, effects.