Soil salinity is a key abiotic-stress and poses serious threats to
crop yields and quality of produce. Owing to the underlying
complexity, conventional breeding programs have met with limited
success. Even genetic engineering approaches, via
transferring/overexpressing a single ‘direct action gene’ per
event did not yield optimal results. Nevertheless, the
biotechnological advents in last decade coupled with the availability
of genomic sequences of major crops and model plants have opened new
vistas for understanding salinity-responses and improving salinity
tolerance in important glycophytic crops. Our goal is to summarize
these findings for those who wish to understand and target the
molecular mechanisms for producing salt-tolerant and high-yielding
crops. Through this 2-volume book series, we critically assess the
potential venues for imparting salt stress tolerance to major crops in
the post-genomic era. Accordingly, perspectives on improving crop
salinity tolerance by targeting the sensory, ion-transport and
signaling mechanisms are presented here in volume 1. Volume 2 will
focus on the potency of post-genomic era tools that include RNAi,
genomic intervention, genome editing and systems biology approaches
for producing salt tolerant crops.
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ISBN
9783319756714
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok