Impact of salinity stress on cotton and opportunities for improvement through conventional and biotechnological approaches

8Citations
Citations of this article
42Readers
Mendeley users who have this article in their library.

Abstract

Excess salinity can affect the growth and development of all plants. Salinization jeopardizes agroecosystems, induces oxidative reactions in most cultivated plants and reduces biomass which affects crop yield. Some plants are affected more than others, depending upon their ability to endure the effects of salt stress. Cotton is moderately tolerant to salt stress among cultivated crops. The fundamental tenet of plant breeding is genetic heterogeneity in available germplasm for acquired characteristics. Variation for salinity tolerance enhancing parameters (morphological, physiological and biochemical) is a pre-requisite for the development of salt tolerant cotton germplasm followed by indirect selection or hybridization programs. There has been a limited success in the development of salt tolerant genotypes because this trait depends on several factors, and these factors as well as their interactions are not completely understood. However, advances in biochemical and molecular techniques have made it possible to explore the complexity of salt tolerance through transcriptomic profiling. The focus of this article is to discuss the issue of salt stress in crop plants, how it alters the physiology and morphology of the cotton crop, and breeding strategies for the development of salinity tolerance in cotton germplasm.

References Powered by Scopus

Review of iron-free Fenton-like systems for activating H<inf>2</inf>O<inf>2</inf> in advanced oxidation processes

2001Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

Plant salt-tolerance mechanisms

1406Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

The critical role of potassium in plant stress response

1284Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

Cited by Powered by Scopus

The impact of biochar addition on morpho-physiological characteristics, yield and water use efficiency of tomato plants under drought and salinity stress

12Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

New developments in understanding cotton's physiological and molecular responses to salt stress

1Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

Salt tolerance strategy in passion fruit genotypes during germination and seedling growth and spectrophotometric quantification of hydrogen peroxide (H<inf>2</inf>O<inf>2</inf>)

1Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

Register to see more suggestions

Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.

Already have an account?

Cite

CITATION STYLE

APA

Chaudhary, M. T., Majeed, S., Rana, I. A., Ali, Z., Jia, Y., Du, X., … Azhar, M. T. (2024, December 1). Impact of salinity stress on cotton and opportunities for improvement through conventional and biotechnological approaches. BMC Plant Biology. BioMed Central Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-023-04558-4

Readers over time

‘24‘25010203040

Readers' Seniority

Tooltip

PhD / Post grad / Masters / Doc 9

53%

Researcher 5

29%

Lecturer / Post doc 2

12%

Professor / Associate Prof. 1

6%

Readers' Discipline

Tooltip

Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8

44%

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Bi... 6

33%

Engineering 2

11%

Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2

11%

Article Metrics

Tooltip
Mentions
News Mentions: 1
Social Media
Shares, Likes & Comments: 51

Save time finding and organizing research with Mendeley

Sign up for free
0