salt tolerance

salt tolerance
The ability of a plant in soil or in culture to withstand a concentration of common salt (sodium chloride) which is damaging or lethal to most other plants. Breeding and selection for increased tolerance and resistance in crop plants is of great current interest.
Synonym: saline resistance. An organism with extreme salt tolerance is a halophyte

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