Unraveling the Strategies Used by the Underexploited Amaranth Species to Confront Salt Stress: Similarities and Differences With Quinoa Species

Unraveling the Strategies Used by the Underexploited Amaranth Species to Confront Salt Stress: Similarities and Differences With Quinoa Species

Yield losses due to cultivation in saline soils is a common problem all over the world as most crop plants are glycophytes and, hence, susceptible to salt stress. The use of halophytic crops could be an interesting alternative to cope with this issue. The Amaranthaceae family comprises by far the hi...

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Main Authors: Yanira Estrada, Amanda Fernández-Ojeda, Belén Morales, José M. Egea-Fernández, Francisco B. Flores, María C. Bolarín, Isabel Egea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
osmotic stress
ionic stress
Na+ homeostasis
K+ homeostasis
Na+ transporter genes
seed yield
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.604481/full

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