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Special Adaptive Features of Plant Species in Response to Salinity

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Plants are the primary producers of any organic material for food, via their pigment-light harvesting process, utilizing carbon dioxide and water. Salinity has negative influence on plant’s growth, development, and productivity as it limits the plant from giving its full yield potential. The occurrence of salinity is one of the most substantial abiotic stresses in agriculture. Halophytes are plants that exhibit high salt tolerance, allowing them to survive and complete their life cycle under extremely saline conditions; the family Chenopodiaceae has the highest number of halophytic population. Studies have elucidated the role and adaptive features of various halophytic species required for their survival in high salinity conditions, including secretion of salt through the salt glands and bladders, succulent nature, regulation of cellular ion homeostasis and osmotic pressure, detoxification of reactive oxygen species, and changes in membrane composition. Also, several stress-responsive genes/transcription factors have been isolated and characterized in vitro as well as in planta via advanced technologies. In this chapter, we discuss the different adaptive mechanisms employed by halophytes to attain normal growth and metabolism under salt stress, with emphasis on two important halophytes of the Gujarat coast, a salt secreting grass Aeluropus lagopoides and a salt accumulating succulent Salicornia brachiata.

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Abbreviations

MDA:

Malondialdehyde

NaCl:

Sodium chloride

KCl:

Potassium chloride

H2O2:

Hydrogen peroxide

MAPK:

Mitogen activated protein kinase

DREB:

Dehydration responsive element binding proteins

EST:

Expressed sequence tag

CAT:

Catalase

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    Parinita Agarwal, Mitali Dabi, Kasturi Kinhekar, Doddabhimappa R. Gangapur & Pradeep K. Agarwal

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    Mitali Dabi, Doddabhimappa R. Gangapur & Pradeep K. Agarwal

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Agarwal, P., Dabi, M., Kinhekar, K., Gangapur, D.R., Agarwal, P.K. (2020). Special Adaptive Features of Plant Species in Response to Salinity. In: Hasanuzzaman, M., Tanveer, M. (eds) Salt and Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants. Signaling and Communication in Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40277-8_3

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