Plant salinity stress, sensing, and its mitigation through WRKY

Gyanendra Kumar Rai1, Sonal Mishra2, Rekha Chouhan3

  • 1School of Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Jammu, India.

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Summary

Salinity negatively impacts plant growth and crop yields. This review explores how plants sense salt and how WRKY transcription factors help manage salinity stress to ensure global food security.

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