Variety traits
Salt tolerance is the genetically determined ability of a cultivar to maintain productivity under soil salinity conditions. It is characterized by adaptation to salt content exceeding 0.2–0.25% by mass.
Mentioned in descriptions 288 varieties reference book.
Salt tolerance is expressed as the ability of agricultural crops to maintain yields under stress caused by the presence of salts in the soil. The manifestation of this trait depends on the type of salinity, such as chloride, sulfate, or soda, as plant defense mechanisms are specific to each chemical composition.
This indicator is dynamic and changes during the plant's ontogeny, reaching critical levels during the germination and flowering stages. Crop tolerance is not a constant and requires assessment at various stages of vegetation, as the ability to withstand stress may vary from seedling to maturity.
The assessment of salt tolerance is carried out by comparing productivity in saline and control environments or by using indirect laboratory methods. The latter include seed germination analysis, seedling growth rates, and biochemical tests, in particular the determination of proline concentration as a protectant, which allows for the classification of cultivars into highly, moderately, and weakly tolerant.
Selection based on the description text, not official resistance ratings: such data is not available in registers. Mention indicates that the trait is discussed in the variety's sources; see the variety's profile for details on what is specifically stated.
Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Hack. · Hard fescue
Lebanon Seaboard Corporation (US)
Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley
Nickerson International Research S.N.C.
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. · Tall fescue
DLF Seeds A-S, DK
Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Maize Group) · Maize
NORTHRUP KING
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor · Sorghum
ASGROW SEED CO
Armeria pseudarmeria (Murray) Mansf.
Howard Bentley^^^Steve Eggleton
Cynara cardunculus L. · Cardoon
Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE) ^^^NUNZA B.V.
Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser. · Bigleaf hydrangea
Rampp, Franz-Xaver|Pfaffenhausen, Federal Republic of Germany / Rampp, Konrad|Salgen-Hausne, Federal Republic of Germany
Zea mays L. · Maize
Pashaly Olena Semenivna, Serikov Volodymyr Oleksiiovych, Varenyk Borys Fedorovych, Sokolov V'iacheslav Mykhailovych, Bielousov Anatolii Oleksandrovych,
Gossypium hirsutum L. · Upland cotton
STONEVILLE PED. SEED CO.
Poa pratensis L. · Kentucky bluegrass
Pickseed USA, Inc. & Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa
SPRINGBROOK NOMINEES P/L
Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet
DELITZSCH PFLANZENZUCHT
Festuca rubra L. · Red fescue
JACKLIN SEED
Avena sativa L. · Oat
Nadezhda Antonova, Velichka Stancheva
Lolium perenne L. · Perennial ryegrass
PICKSEED WEST INC
Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean
SEMILLAS FITO, S.A.
Lolium perenne L. · Perennial ryegrass
Van Engelen Zaden BV (NL)
Triticum durum Desf. · Durum wheat
C.I.MEJORAMIENTO MAIZ
Pistacia atlantica x Pistacia integerrima
John Scott Duarte and Jeffrey Thomas Duarte
Limonium gmelinii (Willd.) Kuntze
van Steijn Petrus Theodorus
Heuchera L. · Coral Flower
Hans A. Hansen
Euonymus japonicus Thunb. · Japanese spindle
Hortival Diffusion S.A.S.
Anemone hupehensis Lemoine · Japanese anemone
Osco Garden B.V., Innoflora Plant Breeding B.V.