Delays in delivery of salt-tolerant crops may be due to the need for resource development. This should include the domestication of wild salt-resistant species, such as Salicornia shown here growing ...

MURCIA, SPAIN—Salt can have drastic effects on the growth and yield of horticultural crops; studies have estimated that salinity renders an about one-third of the world's irrigated land unsuitable for ...

Despite years of effort and advances in understanding how salinity tolerance works in plants, very few salt-tolerant crops have been released for commercial use. In a comprehensive review of breeding ...

Salt tolerance A new study could shed light on why salt tolerance is common in wild plants, but difficult to breed into commercially viable crops. Evolutionary biologist Professor Lindell Bromham, ...

Brown areas in a field in Hyde County, in eastern North Carolina, show the effects of saltwater intrusion. Scientists at NC State University have been experimenting with salt-tolerant crops to help ...

We’re running out of agricultural land, and fresh water is an increasingly precious commodity in many parts of the world. But one thing we’re not short of is sea water, which covers more than 70% of ...

A salt is a compound composed of positively and negatively charged ions (e.g., sodium (Na⁺) and chloride (Cl⁻)). While plants require soluble salts as nutrients, excessive amounts—referred to as soil ...

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In December 2015, as representatives from United Nations member states were finalising what would become the Paris Agreement on climate change, Duncan Cameron stood before a crowd of delegates and ...

Saltwater intrusion includes both surface and subsurface additions of saline water to the soil profile. This occurs on landscapes adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay and other brackish waters, including ...