Soil salinization and a degraded ecological environment are challenging agricultural
productivity and food security. Rice (Oryza sativa), the staple food of much of the world's …

Salinity-alkalinity is incipient abiotic stress that impairs plant growth and development. Rice
(Oryza sativa) is a major food crop greatly affected by soil salinity and alkalinity, requiring …

Salinity tolerance in rice is highly desirable to sustain production in areas rendered saline
due to various reasons. It is a complex quantitative trait having different components, which …

Background Photosynthetic efficiency might be a key factor determining plant resistance to
abiotic stresses. Plants can sense when growing conditions are not favorable and trigger an …

Salt stress is an acute threat to plants, especially to field crops in irrigated and saline areas
of the world. Rice is the second staple crop of the world after wheat, and its production is …

Seed germination is a complex trait determined by both quantitative trait loci (QTL s) and
environmental factors and also their interactions. In this study, we mapped one major QTL …

Background Soil salinity is one of the main environmental conditions that affects rice
production. Identifying the genetic loci that affect rice salt tolerance (ST)-related traits at the …

Background Improving the salt tolerance of direct-seeding rice at the seed germination stage
is a major breeding goal in many Asian rice-growing countries, where seedlings must often …

To avoid loss of yield, crops must maintain tissue potassium (K) concentrations above 5–40
mg K (g DM)–1. The supply of K from the soil is often insufficient to meet this demand and, in …

Simple Summary Rice is one of the most significant food crops worldwide, predominantly in
Asian countries. Rice plant growth and yield are profoundly affected by salinity stress …