Salinity tolerance among a large range of bermudagrasses (Cynodon spp.) relative to other halophytic and non-halophytic perennial C4 grasses

Physiological and Antioxidative Responses of a Halophytic Grass Leptochloa fusca L. Kunth (Kallar grass) to Salinity

The effects of salt stress on growth and some physiological parameters of halophytic plant, Leptochloa fusca L. Kunth, were investigated. The seedlings were irrigated with half-strength Hoagland solution and then treated with different concentrations of NaCl (0, 100, 300, 500 and 700 mM) for 15 days. The fresh and dry weights of both root and shoot were unchanged at 100 mM NaCl and decreased at...

Increased resistance to a generalist herbivore in a salinity-stressed non-halophytic plant

Plants often grow under the combined stress of several factors. Salinity and herbivory, separately, can severely hinder plant growth and reproduction, but the combined effects of both factors are still not clearly understood. Salinity is known to reduce plant tissue nitrogen content and growth rates. Since herbivores prefer tissues with high N content, and biochemical pathways leading to resist...

Transcription strength and halophytic lifestyle.

When plants experience elevated concentrations of NaCl only a few species survive and set seeds. However, survival specialists – termed halophytes or, generally, extremophiles – can be found in essentially every plant family, seemingly identifying genes determining the halophytic lifestyle as a legacy of all plants. We have indicated the importance of transcription control leading to ‘copy numb...

Mining Halophytes for Plant Growth-Promoting Halotolerant Bacteria to Enhance the Salinity Tolerance of Non-halophytic Crops

Salinity stress is one of the major abiotic stresses limiting crop production in arid and semi-arid regions. Interest is increasing in the application of PGPRs (plant growth promoting rhizobacteria) to ameliorate stresses such as salinity stress in crop production. The identification of salt-tolerant, or halophilic, PGPRs has the potential to promote saline soil-based agriculture. Halophytes ar...

Zinc tolerance and accumulation in the halophytic species