Background Global annual losses in agricultural production from salt-affected land are in
excess of US $12 billion and rising. At the same time, a significant amount of arable land is …

To survive in a saline environment, halophytes have evolved many strategies to resist salt
stress. The salt glands of recretohalophytes are exceptional features for directly secreting …

In recent decades, the demand for vegetables has increased significantly due to the
blooming global population. Climate change has affected vegetable production by …

The evolution of salt tolerance is interesting for several reasons. First, since salt-tolerant
plants (halophytes) employ several different mechanisms to deal with salt, the evolution of …

Halophytes have evolved specialized strategies to cope with high salinity. The extreme
halophyte sea lavender (Limonium bicolor) lacks trichomes but possesses salt glands on its …

Salt stress is a complex trait that poses a grand challenge in developing new crops better
adapted to saline environments. Some plants, called recretohalophytes, that have naturally …

With the expansion of saline land worldwide, it is essential to establish a model halophyte to
study the salt‐tolerance mechanism. The salt glands in the epidermis of L imonium bicolor (a …

The use of saline waters is an option for the irrigation of salt tolerant ornamentals as
competition for high quality water increases. However, despite the importance of ornamental …

Abiotic stress tolerance has been weakened during the domestication of all major staple
crops. Soil salinity is a major environmental constraint that impacts over half of the world …

Halophytes complete their life cycles in saline environments. The recretohalophyte
Limonium bicolor has evolved a specialized salt secretory structure, the salt gland, which …