Salt tolerance research in date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera L.), past, present, and future perspectives

The date palm can adapt to extreme drought, to heat, and to relatively high levels of soil salinity. However, excessive amounts of salt due to irrigation with brackish water lead to a significant reduction in the productivity of the fruits as well as marked decrease in the viable numbers of the date...

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Published in:	Frontiers in plant science Vol. 6; p. 348
Main Authors:	Yaish, Mahmoud W., Kumar, Prakash P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland Frontiers Media SA 18.05.2015 Frontiers Media S.A
Subjects:	abiotic stress Adaptation Agricultural production Brackish water date palm DNA methylation Drought Extreme drought Flowers & plants Gene expression Genetic resources Genetics Genomes Histology Irrigation water Metabolism omics Phoenix dactylifera Physiology Plant Science Post-transcription reverse genetic Salinity Salinity effects Salinity tolerance Salt Salt tolerance Soil salinity Oman salinity reverse genetics omics Phoenix dactylifera L date palm abiotic stress
ISSN:	1664-462X, 1664-462X
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