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Effect of Salt Stress on Plants and Role of Microbes in Promoting Plant Growth Under Salt Stress

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Microorganisms in Saline Environments: Strategies and Functions

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Salinity has become a severe issue for plant growth, reducing crop yield worldwide. Salt stress in plants causes various physiological and metabolic changes such as nutritional imbalance, inhibition of water uptake, seed germination, photosynthesis, and decrease in growth. It is important to combat soil pollution to feed the world’s growing population. Microorganisms colonize plants in the natural environment. Plant root-associated microbes, including endophytes, closely cooperate with plants and mediate important physiological and metabolic processes, thereby increasing plant’s tolerance to salinity stress. In the present chapter, we discussed the effect of salt stress on plants and the role of microbes in promoting plant growth under salt stress.

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This research was supported by the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Regional Coordinated Innovation Project (Shanghai Cooperation Organization Science and Technology Partnership Program; No. 2017E01031). W. -J. L. was also supported by Guangdong Province Higher Vocational Colleges and Schools Pearl River Scholar-Funded Scheme (2014).

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Narsing Rao, M.P., Dong, ZY., Xiao, M., Li, WJ. (2019). Effect of Salt Stress on Plants and Role of Microbes in Promoting Plant Growth Under Salt Stress. In: Giri, B., Varma, A. (eds) Microorganisms in Saline Environments: Strategies and Functions. Soil Biology, vol 56. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18975-4_18

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