Effects of Salt Stress on Biochemistry of Crop Plants

Editorial: Transcriptome & metabolic profiling: an insight into the abiotic stress response crosstalk in plants

“…Drought and salt stress, i.e., less water than is required and a sodium concentration in soil of approximately 20-30 mM (glycophytes) or 100-200 mM (halophytes), induce abscisic acid, which arrests plant development ( Chevilly et al., 2021 ). In addition, salt stress in the soil increases osmotic potential, makes water uptake more difficult for plants, and competes with the uptake of potassium, the major mineral nutrient ( Yadav and Jaiswal, 2021 ; Mulet et al., 2023 ). Inside the plant, sodium is toxic and interferes with many biochemical processes, and plants must divert energy from the developmental program to maintain correct ion homeostasis ( Flowers and Colmer, 2015 ).…”