Extremophyte adaptations to salt and water deficit stress
Simon Barak A and Jill M. Farrant B C
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A French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, 8499000, Israel.
B Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa.
C Corresponding author. Email: jill.farrant@uct.ac.za
Functional Plant Biology 43(7) v-x https://doi.org/10.1071/FPv43n7_FO
Published: 22 June 2016
Abstract
Plants that can survive and even thrive in extreme environments (extremophytes) are likely treasure boxes of plant adaptations to environmental stresses. These species represent excellent models for understanding mechanisms of stress tolerance that may not be present in stress-sensitive species, as well as for identifying genetic determinants to develop stress-tolerant crops. This special issue of Functional Plant Biology focuses on physiological and molecular processes that enable extremophytes to naturally survive high levels of salt or desiccation.
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