Journal
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 35, Issue 4, Pages 425-437Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2014.889080
Keywords
Antioxidant system; eco-environment; genetic engineering; photosynthesis; salinization; SOS pathway
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41171216]
- One Hundred-Talent Plan of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- CAS Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists [2012T1Z0010]
- Major Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZZD-EW-04-03]
- Science & Technology Development Plan of Shandong Province [2010GSF10208]
- Science & Technology Development Plan of Yantai City [2011016, 20102450]
- European Community [26220220180]
- CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams
- Yantai Double-hundred High-end Talent Plan [XY-003-02]
- 135 Development Plan of YIC-CAS
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The increasing seriousness of salinization aggravates the food, population and environmental issues. Ameliorating the salt-resistance of plants especially the crops is the most effective measure to solve the worldwide problem. The salinity can cause damage to plants mainly from two aspects: hyperosmotic and hyperionic stresses leading to the restrain of growth and photosynthesis. To the adverse effects, the plants derive corresponding strategies including: ion regulation and compartmentalization, biosynthesis of compatible solutes, induction of antioxidant enzymes and plant hormones. With the development of molecular biology, our understanding of the molecular and physiology knowledge is becoming clearness. The complex signal transduction underlying the salt resistance is being illuminated brighter and clearer. The SOS pathway is the central of the cell signaling in salt stress. The accumulation of the compatible solutes and the activation of the antioxidant system are the effective measures for plants to enhance the salt resistance. How to make full use of our understanding to improve the output of crops is a huge challenge for us, yet the application of the genetic engineering makes this possible. In this review, we will discuss the influence of the salt stress and the response of the plants in detail expecting to provide a particular account for the plant resistance in molecular, physiological and transgenic fields.
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