2021/04/27 by Shuangshuang Zhao, Qikun Zhang, Ming-Yue Liu +3 · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance #Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects #Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
paper · pdf · doi:10.3390/ijms22094609
openalex publication_date 2021/04/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Salt stress is a major environmental stress that affects plant growth and development. Plants are sessile and thus have to develop suitable mechanisms to adapt to high-salt environments. Salt stress increases the intracellular osmotic pressure and can cause the accumulation of sodium to toxic levels. Thus, in response to salt stress signals, plants adapt via various mechanisms, including regulating ion homeostasis, activating the osmotic stress pathway, mediating plant hormone signaling, and regulating cytoskeleton dynamics and the cell wall composition. Unraveling the mechanisms underlying these physiological and biochemical responses to salt stress could provide valuable strategies to improve agricultural crop yields. In this review, we summarize recent developments in our understanding of the regulation of plant salt stress.