Xiong Liming, Zhu Jian-Kang
Arabidopsis Book. 2002;1:e0048. doi: 10.1199/tab.0048. Epub 2002 Sep 30.
Studying salt stress is an important means to the understanding of plant ion homeostasis and osmo-balance. Salt stress research also benefits agriculture because soil salinity significantly limits plant productivity on agricultural lands. Decades of physiological and molecular studies have generated a large body of literature regarding potential salt tolerance determinants. Recent advances in applying molecular genetic analysis and genomics tools in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana are shading light on the molecular nature of salt tolerance effectors and regulatory pathways.
研究盐胁迫是理解植物离子稳态和渗透平衡的重要手段。盐胁迫研究对农业也有益，因为土壤盐渍化严重限制了农田的植物生产力。数十年的生理学和分子研究产生了大量关于潜在耐盐决定因素的文献。在模式植物拟南芥中应用分子遗传分析和基因组学工具的最新进展正在揭示耐盐效应因子和调控途径的分子本质。
