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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2012, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (6): 296-305.

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Research progress on alfalfa salt tolerance

ZHANG Li-quan, ZHANG Feng-ying, HASI Agula   

  1. College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Herbage & Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Hohhot 010021, China
  • Received:2012-04-09 Online:2012-06-25 Published:2012-12-20

Abstract: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is one of important legume forages worldwide. However, the growth range of alfalfa is limited due to its sensitivity to soil salinity, and breeding salt-tolerant alfalfa cultivars is one approach to reducing the deleterious effects of soil salinity on alfalfa production. This article has reviewed the salt-tolerance physiology, genes induced by salt stress and salt-tolerant breeding of alfalfa. The further researches on salt-tolerance alfalfa have also been discussed.

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