Salt

Salt is any ionic compound containing a metallic cation and non-metallic anion; the most common example being sodium chloride. The presence of high levels of salt in an environment, for example as a result of drought, is a major stressor of plants.

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28 November 2022 | Open Access

Cultivation and characterisation of Salicornia europaea, Tripolium pannonicum and Crithmum maritimum biomass for green biorefinery applications
- Laura S. S. Hulkko
- , Ariel E. Turcios
- & Mette Hedegaard Thomsen
Scientific Reports 12, 20507
Research
28 October 2022 | Open Access

Alleviating the adverse effects of salinity on Roselle plants by green synthesized nanoparticles
- Mohammad Sadat-Hosseini
- , Atena Naeimi
- & Mostafa Farajpour
Scientific Reports 12, 18165
Research
25 October 2022 | Open Access

Salt stress decreases seed yield and postpones growth process of canola (Brassica napus L.) by changing nitrogen and carbon characters
- Long Wang
- , Qingsong Zuo
- & Suohu Leng
Scientific Reports 12, 17884
Research
07 July 2022 | Open Access

Comparative transcriptome analysis of synthetic and common wheat in response to salt stress
- Rio Nakayama
- , Mohammad Taheb Safi
- & Kanako Kawaura
Scientific Reports 12, 11534
Research
25 May 2022 | Open Access

Salinity tolerance mechanisms of an Arctic Pelagophyte using comparative transcriptomic and gene expression analysis

Arctic microalgae show specific adaptation to cold saline arctic conditions with differential expression of several antifreeze proteins, an ice-binding protein and an acyl-esterase involved in cold adaptation.
- Nastasia J. Freyria
- , Alan Kuo
- & Connie Lovejoy
Communications Biology 5, 500
Research
03 May 2022 | Open Access

Quantification of salt stress in wheat leaves by Raman spectroscopy and machine learning
- Ibrahim Kecoglu
- , Merve Sirkeci
- & Feyza Guzelcimen
Scientific Reports 12, 7197

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Research Highlights | 05 September 2022

Decoding the Ca²⁺ signal for salt tolerance

Steinhorst et al. show how calcium signal induced by salt stress is ‘decoded’ by plant roots to provide systemic response and to increase salt tolerance.
- Paulina Strzyz
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 23, 642-643
Research Highlights | 13 January 2022

Salt stress and immunity overlap
- Guillaume Tena
Nature Plants 8, 19
Research Highlights | 14 December 2017

Assaulting the microbiota
- Zoltan Fehervari
Nature Immunology 19, 1
Correspondence | 23 March 2015

MutMap accelerates breeding of a salt-tolerant rice cultivar
- Hiroki Takagi
- , Muluneh Tamiru
- & Ryohei Terauchi
Nature Biotechnology 33, 445-449
Research Highlights | 01 February 2011

Waste disposal in the endoplasmic reticulum, ROS production and plant salt stress response
- Aldo Ceriotti
Cell Research 21, 555-557

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Salt

Latest Research and Reviews

Cultivation and characterisation of Salicornia europaea, Tripolium pannonicum and Crithmum maritimum biomass for green biorefinery applications

Alleviating the adverse effects of salinity on Roselle plants by green synthesized nanoparticles

Salt stress decreases seed yield and postpones growth process of canola (Brassica napus L.) by changing nitrogen and carbon characters

Comparative transcriptome analysis of synthetic and common wheat in response to salt stress

Salinity tolerance mechanisms of an Arctic Pelagophyte using comparative transcriptomic and gene expression analysis

Quantification of salt stress in wheat leaves by Raman spectroscopy and machine learning

News and Comment

Decoding the Ca²⁺ signal for salt tolerance

Salt stress and immunity overlap

Assaulting the microbiota

MutMap accelerates breeding of a salt-tolerant rice cultivar

Waste disposal in the endoplasmic reticulum, ROS production and plant salt stress response

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