Abstract High-yielding rice cultivars exhibit a great performance in non-saline fields; however, their growth and productivity are greatly reduced salt-affected lands. Humic acid has promising stress-mitigating potential can be effective improving salt tolerance salinity sensitive cultivars. Herein, seeds of Giza 177 (high-yielding but salt-sensitive cultivar) were primed 40 mg/l humic acid, so...

The salinity resistance and tolerance of 10 species from the genus Paramecium were investigated. The species investigated could be divided into groups in according with their resistance. These groups partly corresponded to the classification of the genus proposed earlier on the basis of morphological features. The ciliates from the“woodruffi” group were more resistant than paramecia from the “a...

The success of a rice breeding program in developing salt tolerant varieties depends on genetic variation and the salt stress response of adapted and donor rice germplasm. In this study, we used a combination of morphological and physiological traits in multivariate analyses to elucidate the phenotypic and genetic variation in salinity tolerance of 30 Southern USA rice genotypes, along with 19 ...

The evaluation of both the genetic variation and the identification of salinity tolerant accessions of Tibetan annual wild barley (hereafter referred to as Tibetan barley) (Hordeum vulgare L. ssp. Spontaneum and H. vulgare L. ssp. agriocrithum) are essential for discovering and exploiting novel alleles involved in salinity tolerance. In this study, we examined tissue dry biomass and the Na(+) a...

Invasive species that penetrate habitat boundaries are likely to experience strong selection and rapid evolution. This study documents evolutionary shifts in tolerance and performance following the invasion of fresh water by the predominantly estuarine and salt marsh copepod Eurytemora affinis. Common-garden experiments were performed on freshwater-invading (Lake Michigan) and ancestral saline ...

salinity problem is continuously increasing in the arid and semi-arid regions of iran. to effectively utilize germplasm resources in breeding, it is necessary to characterize and evaluate genotypes for the desirable traits and as well for salinity tolerance. salinity tolerance of 80 wheat landraces from different parts of iran was studied in two steps. at first, the degree of salnity tolerance ...

Continuous desertification of arable lands mandates use of low quality/ saline water for irrigation, especially in regions experiencing water shortage. Using low quality/ saline water for irrigation imposes more stress on plants that are already under stress in these regions. Thus, a logical solution will be to find a salt/ drought-tolerant plant species that will survive/sustain under such str...

One of the major abiotic stresses affecting agriculture is soil salinity, which reduces crop yield and, consequently, revenue for farmers. Although tomato is an important agricultural species, elite varieties are poor at withstanding salinity stress. Thus, a feasible way of improving yield under conditions of salinity stress is to breed for improved salt tolerance. In this study, we analysed th...