Initial Description of the Genome of Aeluropus littoralis, a Halophile Grass.

ABSTRACT: The use of wild plant species or their halophytic relatives has been considered in plant breeding programs to improve salt and drought tolerance in crop plants. Aeluropus littoralis serves as halophyte model for identification and isolation of novel stress adaptation genes. A. littoralis, a perennial monocot grass, grows in damp or arid areas, often salt-impregnated places and wasteland in cultivated areas, can survive periodically high water salinity, and tolerate high salt concentrations in the soil up to 1,100 mM sodium chloride. Therefore, it serves as valuable genetic resource to understand molecular mechanisms of stress-responses in monocots. The knowledge can potentially be used for improving tolerance to abiotic stresses in economically important crops. Several morpho

SUBMITTER: Hashemi-Petroudi SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310549 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature