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Developing salt-tolerant crops is vital for food security. This review covers plant salt tolerance mechanisms, including stress signaling, ion transport, and epigenetic modifications, to guide future crop engineering efforts.

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  • Plant Biology
  • Agronomy
  • Genetics

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  • High soil salinity negatively impacts crop yields globally.
  • Understanding plant salt tolerance is crucial for agricultural sustainability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current knowledge on plant salt tolerance mechanisms.
  • To discuss strategies for engineering salt-tolerant crops.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of recent studies on plant salinity stress.
  • Analysis of key salt tolerance pathways and epigenetic modifications.
  • Evaluation of crop engineering techniques.

Main Results:

  • Stress sensing and signaling pathways are critical for salinity response.
  • Na+ transport and detoxification are key detoxification mechanisms.
  • Epigenetic modifications influence salinity tolerance.

Conclusions:

  • Significant progress has been made in understanding and engineering plant salt tolerance.
  • Further research is needed to address open questions in crop salt tolerance.