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Table 1 STGs and their probable mechanism of action for salt tolerance

From: Salt tolerance mechanisms in Salt Tolerant Grasses (STGs) and their prospects in cereal crop improvement

Grass genera

Mechanism of action

Agropyron

Compartmentation of ions, Na+ ion exclusion

Aeluropus

Compartmentation of ions in to vacuoles

Chloris

Enhanced ROS scavenging enzymes

Leymus

Osmolyte accumulation

Paspalum

Osmolyte accumulation

Pennisetum

Compartmentation of ions in to vacuoles

Porteresia

Osmolyte accumulation

Puccinellia

Enhanced ROS scavenging enzymes, Na+ ion exclusion

Spartina

Compartmentation of ions in to vacuoles