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Salinity tolerance mechanisms and their breeding implications

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 2021 57 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 45 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Mandeep Singh, Usha Nara, Antul Kumar, Anuj Choudhary, Hardeep Singh, Sittal Thapa

Summary

Researchers reviewed cutting-edge plant breeding tools — including CRISPR gene editing, genomic mapping, and hyperspectral imaging — that help scientists develop crop varieties better able to tolerate salty soils, which is increasingly important as climate change threatens agricultural productivity.

Novel emerging approaches of plant breeding and biotechnologies such as genome-wide association studies, mutational breeding, marker-assisted breeding, double haploid production, hyperspectral imaging, and CRISPR/Cas serve as engineering tools for dissecting the in-depth physiological mechanisms. These techniques have well-established implications to understand plants' adaptions to develop more tolerant varieties and lower the energy expenditure in response to stress and, constitutively fulfill the void that would have led to growth resistance and yield penalty.

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