Some important physiological selection criteria for salt tolerance in plants

被引:613
作者
Ashraf, M [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Agr Faisalabad, Dept Bot, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
关键词
ion uptake; photosynthesis; physiological indicators; salinity stress; salinity tolerance; water relations;
D O I
10.1078/0367-2530-00165
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Undoubtedly, plant breeders have made a significant achievement in the past few years, improving salinity tolerance in a number of potential crops using artificial selection and conventional breeding approaches, although molecular biology approaches are currently being intensively pursued for achieving this goal. However, most of the selection procedures used so far, were based merely on differences in agronomic characters. Agronomic characters represent the combined genetic and environmental effects on plant growth, and include the integration of the physiological phenomena conferring salinity tolerance. In fact, physiological criteria are able to supply more reliable information than agronomic characters. Although there are large numbers of reports in the literature mainly dealing with water relations, photosynthesis, and accumulation of various inorganic ions and organic metabolites in individual crops, there is little information available on the use of these attributes as selection criteria for improving salt tolerance through selection and breeding programs. In this review, the major adaptive components of salt tolerance such as osmotic adjustment, photosynthesis, water relations and ion relations are reviewed. In view of the complexity of salt tolerance and its great variation at intra-specific and inter-specific levels, it is difficult to identify single criteria, which could be used as effective selection targets. Rather it is most meaningful if physiological and biochemical indicators for individual species are determined rather than generic indicators.
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页码:361 / 376
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