An Overview of the Genetics of Plant Response to Salt Stress: Present Status and the Way Forward

Plant adaptations to the combination of drought and high temperatures

(2017) Sara I. Zandalinas et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Comparative analysis of Histone modifications and DNA methylation at OsBZ8 locus under salinity stress in IR64 and Nonabokra rice varieties

(2017) Amit Paul et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

PacMYBA, a sweet cherry R2R3-MYB transcription factor, is a positive regulator of salt stress tolerance and pathogen resistance

(2017) Xinjie Shen et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Transcript profile analysis reveals important roles of jasmonic acid signalling pathway in the response of sweet potato to salt stress

(2017) Huan Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Expression of OsMYB55 in maize activates stress-responsive genes and enhances heat and drought tolerance

(2016) José A. Casaretto et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Salt stress alters DNA methylation levels in alfalfa (Medicago spp)

(2016) A. Al-Lawati et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH

Increased abscisic acid levels in transgenic maize overexpressingAtLOS5mediated root ion fluxes and leaf water status under salt stress

(2016) Juan Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

AtMYB12 regulates flavonoids accumulation and abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana

(2016) Feibing Wang et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Salinity induced differential methylation patterns in contrasting cultivars of foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.)

(2016) Garima Pandey et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

A grape bHLH transcription factor gene, VvbHLH1, increases the accumulation of flavonoids and enhances salt and drought tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana

(2016) Feibing Wang et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

Wheat nuclear factor Y (NF-Y) B subfamily gene TaNF-YB3;l confers critical drought tolerance through modulation of the ABA-associated signaling pathway

(2016) Mengya Yang et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

Histone acetylation influences the transcriptional activation of POX in Beta vulgaris L. and Beta maritima L. under salt stress

(2016) Seher Yolcu et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

High-Throughput Non-destructive Phenotyping of Traits that Contribute to Salinity Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2016) Mariam Awlia et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Mapping QTLs for Salt Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Bulked Segregant Analysis of Recombinant Inbred Lines Using 50K SNP Chip

(2016) Sushma Tiwari et al.   PLoS One

Trends in genetic engineering of plants with (Na+/H+) antiporters for salt stress tolerance

(2015) Mohammad Sayyar Khan et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT

Expression of zma-miR169 miRNAs and their target ZmNF-YA genes in response to abiotic stress in maize leaves

(2015) Mingda Luan et al.   GENE

Salt-induced transcription factorMYB74is regulated by the RNA-directed DNA methylation pathway inArabidopsis

(2015) Rui Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

ZmGOLS2, a target of transcription factor ZmDREB2A, offers similar protection against abiotic stress as ZmDREB2A

(2015) Lei Gu et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Diverse roles of jasmonates and ethylene in abiotic stress tolerance

(2015) Kemal Kazan   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Exploring Jasmonates in the Hormonal Network of Drought and Salinity Responses

(2015) Michael Riemann et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Comprehensive analysis of differentially expressed genes and transcriptional regulation induced by salt stress in two contrasting cotton genotypes

(2014) Zhen Peng et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Histone acetylation associated up-regulation of the cell wall related genes is involved in salt stress induced maize root swelling

(2014) Hui Li et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Salt resistant crop plants

(2014) Stuart J Roy et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Jasmonate signaling and crosstalk with gibberellin and ethylene

(2014) Susheng Song et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Rapid degradation ofPseudomonas fluorescens1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase proteins expressed in transgenicArabidopsis

(2014) Kangmin Kim et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Deep sequencing reveals important roles of microRNAs in response to drought and salinity stress in cotton

(2014) Fuliang Xie et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

ACC deaminase-containing Arthrobacter protophormiae induces NaCl stress tolerance through reduced ACC oxidase activity and ethylene production resulting in improved nodulation and mycorrhization in Pisum sativum

(2014) Deepti Barnawal et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Going beyond nutrition: Regulation of potassium homoeostasis as a common denominator of plant adaptive responses to environment

(2014) Uta Anschütz et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

OSCA1 mediates osmotic-stress-evoked Ca2+ increases vital for osmosensing in Arabidopsis

(2014) Fang Yuan et al.   NATURE

The Receptor-Like Kinase SIT1 Mediates Salt Sensitivity by Activating MAPK3/6 and Regulating Ethylene Homeostasis in Rice

(2014) C.-H. Li et al.   PLANT CELL

Differential responses of plasma membrane aquaporins in mediating water transport of cucumber seedlings under osmotic and salt stresses

(2014) ZHENG-JIANG QIAN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

A wheat aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase gene, TaACO1, negatively regulates salinity stress in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2014) Donghua Chen et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Comprehensive genome-wide identification and expression profiling of foxtail millet [Setaria italica (L.)] miRNAs in response to abiotic stress and development of miRNA database

(2014) Yusuf Khan et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

A homolog of ETHYLENE OVERPRODUCER, OsETOL1, differentially modulates drought and submergence tolerance in rice

(2014) Hao Du et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

A key general stress response motif is regulated non-uniformly by CAMTA transcription factors

(2014) Geoffrey Benn et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Transcriptomic profiling revealed an important role of cell wall remodeling and ethylene signaling pathway during salt acclimation in Arabidopsis

(2014) Xiaoyan Shen et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Amelioration of high salinity stress damage by plant growth-promoting bacterial endophytes that contain ACC deaminase

(2014) Shimaila Ali et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

MicroRNAs involving in cold, wounding and salt stresses in Triticum aestivum L.

(2014) Bing Wang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

A tidal wave of signals: calcium and ROS at the forefront of rapid systemic signaling

(2014) Simon Gilroy et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Plant salt-tolerance mechanisms

(2014) Ulrich Deinlein et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Combining high-throughput phenotyping and genome-wide association studies to reveal natural genetic variation in rice

(2014) Wanneng Yang et al.   Nature Communications

Salt-Induced Stabilization of EIN3/EIL1 Confers Salinity Tolerance by Deterring ROS Accumulation in Arabidopsis

(2014) Jinying Peng et al.   PLoS Genetics

Vernalization treatment induces site-specific DNA hypermethylation at the VERNALIZATION-A1 (VRN-A1) locus in hexaploid winter wheat

(2013) Abdul Khan et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Halotropism Is a Response of Plant Roots to Avoid a Saline Environment

(2013) Carlos S. Galvan-Ampudia et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Epigenetic marks in an adaptive water stress-responsive gene in tomato roots under normal and drought conditions

(2013) Rodrigo M González et al.   Epigenetics

The role of gibberellin signalling in plant responses to abiotic stress

(2013) E. H. Colebrook et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

ROS homeostasis in halophytes in the context of salinity stress tolerance

(2013) J. Bose et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Overexpression of Arabidopsis XERICO gene confers enhanced drought and salt stress tolerance in rice (Oryza Sativa L.)

(2013) De-Er Zeng et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Salt Overly Sensitive (SOS) Pathway: Established and Emerging Roles

(2013) Hongtao Ji et al.   Molecular Plant

Non-CG methylation patterns shape the epigenetic landscape in Arabidopsis

(2013) Hume Stroud et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

An Arabidopsis Soil-Salinity-Tolerance Mutation Confers Ethylene-Mediated Enhancement of Sodium/Potassium Homeostasis

(2013) C. Jiang et al.   PLANT CELL

Endodermal ABA Signaling Promotes Lateral Root Quiescence during Salt Stress inArabidopsisSeedlings

(2013) Lina Duan et al.   PLANT CELL

A Spatio-Temporal Understanding of Growth Regulation during the Salt Stress Response in Arabidopsis

(2013) Y. Geng et al.   PLANT CELL

Gibberellins and abscisic acid signal crosstalk: living and developing under unfavorable conditions

(2013) Dortje Golldack et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

GmNFYA3, a target gene of miR169, is a positive regulator of plant tolerance to drought stress

(2013) Zhiyong Ni et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Global identification of miRNAs and targets in Populus euphratica under salt stress

(2013) Bosheng Li et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Lifting DELLA Repression of Arabidopsis Seed Germination by Nonproteolytic Gibberellin Signaling

(2013) T. Ariizumi et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Cell- and Stimulus Type-Specific Intracellular Free Ca2+ Signals in Arabidopsis

(2013) M. C. Marti et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

High-Throughput Sequencing of Small RNA Transcriptome Reveals Salt Stress Regulated MicroRNAs in Sugarcane

(2013) Mariana Carnavale Bottino et al.   PLoS One

NFYA1 Is Involved in Regulation of Postgermination Growth Arrest Under Salt Stress in Arabidopsis

(2013) Yan-Jie Li et al.   PLoS One

Use of MSAP Markers to Analyse the Effects of Salt Stress on DNA Methylation in Rapeseed (Brassica napus var. oleifera)

(2013) Gianpiero Marconi et al.   PLoS One

Tissue-Specific and Cation/Anion-Specific DNA Methylation Variations Occurred in C. virgata in Response to Salinity Stress

(2013) Xiang Gao et al.   PLoS One

Plant mechanosensing and Ca2+ transport

(2013) Takamitsu Kurusu et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Gibberellin biosynthesis and its regulation

(2012) Peter Hedden et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Analysis method of epigenetic DNA methylation to dynamically investigate the functional activity of transcription factors in gene expression

(2012) Weixing Feng et al.   BMC GENOMICS

High throughput sequencing reveals novel and abiotic stress-regulated microRNAs in the inflorescences of rice

(2012) Blanca E Barrera-Figueroa et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

microRNAs targeting DEAD-box helicases are involved in salinity stress response in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

(2012) Anca Macovei et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

ROS-mediated vascular homeostatic control of root-to-shoot soil Na delivery inArabidopsis

(2012) Caifu Jiang et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Homologous NF-YC2 Subunit from Arabidopsis and Tobacco Is Activated by Photooxidative Stress and Induces Flowering

(2012) Dieter Hackenberg et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

A R2R3-type MYB gene, OsMYB2, is involved in salt, cold, and dehydration tolerance in rice

(2012) An Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Soybean MAPK, GMK1 Is dually regulated by phosphatidic acid and hydrogen peroxide and translocated to nucleus during salt stress

(2012) Jong Hee Im et al.   MOLECULES AND CELLS

Wheat grain yield on saline soils is improved by an ancestral Na+ transporter gene

(2012) Rana Munns et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Arabidopsis DELLA RGA-LIKE3 Is a Direct Target of MYC2 and Modulates Jasmonate Signaling Responses

(2012) M. Wild et al.   PLANT CELL

IAA-Ala Resistant3, an Evolutionarily Conserved Target of miR167, Mediates Arabidopsis Root Architecture Changes during High Osmotic Stress

(2012) N. Kinoshita et al.   PLANT CELL

Role of the Putative Osmosensor Arabidopsis Histidine Kinase1 in Dehydration Avoidance and Low-Water-Potential Response

(2012) M. N. Kumar et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

MicroRNA Expression Analysis in the Cellulosic Biofuel Crop Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) under Abiotic Stress

(2012) Guiling Sun et al.   PLoS One

Salt Stress Induced Variation in DNA Methylation Pattern and Its Influence on Gene Expression in Contrasting Rice Genotypes

(2012) Ratna Karan et al.   PLoS One

The Dynamic Changes of DNA Methylation and Histone Modifications of Salt Responsive Transcription Factor Genes in Soybean

(2012) Yuguang Song et al.   PLoS One

CDPKs in immune and stress signaling

(2012) Marie Boudsocq et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Dual-Level Regulation of ACC Synthase Activity by MPK3/MPK6 Cascade and Its Downstream WRKY Transcription Factor during Ethylene Induction in Arabidopsis

(2012) Guojing Li et al.   PLoS Genetics

DNA methylation in higher plants: Past, present and future

(2011) Boris F. Vanyushin et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in plants

(2011) Marie-Theres Hauser et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Effect of salt stress on gene expression of superoxide dismutases and copper chaperone in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) H. Attia et al.   BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Characterization of the stress associated microRNAs in Glycine max by deep sequencing

(2011) Haiyan Li et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Epigenetic contribution to stress adaptation in plants

(2011) Marie Mirouze et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Loss of ACS7 confers abiotic stress tolerance by modulating ABA sensitivity and accumulation in Arabidopsis

(2011) Hui Dong et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Salt and Drought Stresses Induce the Aberrant Expression of microRNA Genes in Tobacco

(2011) Taylor P. Frazier et al.   MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY

Achievements and Challenges in Understanding Plant Abiotic Stress Responses and Tolerance

(2011) F. Qin et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Interactions between Ca, Mg, Na and K: alleviation of toxicity in saline solutions

(2011) Peter M. Kopittke   PLANT AND SOIL

Plant tolerance to drought and salinity: stress regulating transcription factors and their functional significance in the cellular transcriptional network

(2011) Dortje Golldack et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Expression profiles of precursor and mature microRNAs under dehydration and high salinity shock in Populus euphratica

(2011) Yurong Qin et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Identification of aluminum-responsive microRNAs in Medicago truncatula by genome-wide high-throughput sequencing

(2011) Lei Chen et al.   PLANTA

Abscisic Acid: Emergence of a Core Signaling Network

(2010) Sean R. Cutler et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

DELLAs Modulate Jasmonate Signaling via Competitive Binding to JAZs

(2010) Xingliang Hou et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Intracellular consequences of SOS1 deficiency during salt stress

(2010) Dong-Ha Oh et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

osa-MIR393: a salinity- and alkaline stress-related microRNA gene

(2010) Peng Gao et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Environmentally induced phenotypes and DNA methylation: how to deal with unpredictable conditions until the next generation and after

(2010) BERNARD ANGERS et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Regulated AtHKT1 Gene Expression by a Distal Enhancer Element and DNA Methylation in the Promoter Plays an Important Role in Salt Tolerance

(2010) Dongwon Baek et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Epigenetic Regulation of Repetitive Elements Is Attenuated by Prolonged Heat Stress inArabidopsis

(2010) Ales Pecinka et al.   PLANT CELL

Identification and validation of conserved microRNAs along with their differential expression in roots of Vigna unguiculata grown under salt stress

(2010) Sujay Paul et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

Research on plant abiotic stress responses in the post-genome era: past, present and future

(2010) Takashi Hirayama et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

High-Affinity K+ Transport in Arabidopsis: AtHAK5 and AKT1 Are Vital for Seedling Establishment and Postgermination Growth under Low-Potassium Conditions

(2010) Y. J. Pyo et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Regulation of the gibberellin pathway by auxin and DELLA proteins

(2010) Damian P. O’Neill et al.   PLANTA

Over-expression of osa-MIR396c decreases salt and alkali stress tolerance

(2010) Peng Gao et al.   PLANTA

Transgenerational Adaptation of Arabidopsis to Stress Requires DNA Methylation and the Function of Dicer-Like Proteins

(2010) Alex Boyko et al.   PLoS One

Epigenetic Variation in Mangrove Plants Occurring in Contrasting Natural Environment

(2010) Catarina Fonseca Lira-Medeiros et al.   PLoS One

Arabidopsis V-ATPase activity at the tonoplast is required for efficient nutrient storage but not for sodium accumulation

(2010) M. Krebs et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Members of miR-169 family are induced by high salinity and transiently inhibit the NF-YA transcription factor

(2009) Botao Zhao et al.   BMC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Epigenetic regulation of stress responses in plants

(2009) Viswanathan Chinnusamy et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Identification of novel stress-regulated microRNAs from Oryza sativa L.

(2009) Xinyu Jian et al.   GENOMICS

Changes in plasma membrane lipids, aquaporins and proton pump of broccoli roots, as an adaptation mechanism to salinity

(2009) Luis López-Pérez et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Genome-Wide Medicago truncatula Small RNA Analysis Revealed Novel MicroRNAs and Isoforms Differentially Regulated in Roots and Nodules

(2009) C. Lelandais-Briere et al.   PLANT CELL

The plasma membrane Na+/H+antiporter SOS1 is essential for salt tolerance in tomato and affects the partitioning of Na+between plant organs

(2009) RAQUEL OLÍAS et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Post-transcriptional gene regulation of salinity and drought responses by plant microRNAs

(2009) ALEJANDRA A. COVARRUBIAS et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

CIPK6, a CBL-interacting protein kinase is required for development and salt tolerance in plants

(2009) Vineeta Tripathi et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Differential and dynamic regulation of miR398 in response to ABA and salt stress in Populus tremula and Arabidopsis thaliana

(2009) Xiaoyun Jia et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Conserved and novel miRNAs in the legume Phaseolus vulgaris in response to stress

(2009) Catalina Arenas-Huertero et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Biotic and abiotic stress down-regulate miR398 expression in Arabidopsis

(2009) Guru Jagadeeswaran et al.   PLANTA

HKT transporter-mediated salinity resistance mechanisms in Arabidopsis and monocot crop plants

(2009) Tomoaki Horie et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Differential expression of miRNAs in response to salt stress in maize roots

(2008) Dong Ding et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Mechanisms of Salinity Tolerance

(2008) Rana Munns et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Overexpression of Arabidopsis ZEP enhances tolerance to osmotic stress

(2008) Hee-Yeon Park et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Water-deficit stress-induced anatomical changes in higher plants

(2008) Hong-Bo Shao et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Novel long non-protein coding RNAs involved in Arabidopsis differentiation and stress responses

(2008) B. Ben Amor et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Activation of MAPK Kinase 9 Induces Ethylene and Camalexin Biosynthesis and Enhances Sensitivity to Salt Stress inArabidopsis

(2008) Juan Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Coordinated regulation of Arabidopsis thaliana development by light and gibberellins

(2008) Suhua Feng et al.   NATURE

Analysis of the Arabidopsis Histidine Kinase ATHK1 Reveals a Connection between Vegetative Osmotic Stress Sensing and Seed Maturation

(2008) D. J. Wohlbach et al.   PLANT CELL

The Arabidopsis NFYA5 Transcription Factor Is Regulated Transcriptionally and Posttranscriptionally to Promote Drought Resistance

(2008) W.-X. Li et al.   PLANT CELL

The Cold-Inducible CBF1 Factor-Dependent Signaling Pathway Modulates the Accumulation of the Growth-Repressing DELLA Proteins via Its Effect on Gibberellin Metabolism

(2008) P. Achard et al.   PLANT CELL

NaCl-induced changes in cytosolic free Ca2inArabidopsis thalianaare heterogeneous and modified by external ionic composition

(2008) FRANCES E. TRACY et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

The disturbance of small RNA pathways enhanced abscisic acid response and multiple stress responses in Arabidopsis

(2008) JIAN-FENG ZHANG et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Quantifying the three main components of salinity tolerance in cereals

(2008) KARTHIKA RAJENDRAN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Stress-responsive microRNAs inPopulus

(2008) Shanfa Lu et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The BTB ubiquitin ligases ETO1, EOL1 and EOL2 act collectively to regulate ethylene biosynthesis in Arabidopsis by controlling type-2 ACC synthase levels

(2008) Matthew J. Christians et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The Pea DELLA Proteins LA and CRY Are Important Regulators of Gibberellin Synthesis and Root Growth

(2008) D. E. Weston et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Transcriptional Modulation of Ethylene Response Factor Protein JERF3 in the Oxidative Stress Response Enhances Tolerance of Tobacco Seedlings to Salt, Drought, and Freezing

(2008) L. Wu et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Microarray-based analysis of stress-regulated microRNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2008) H.-H. Liu et al.   RNA