盐胁迫是影响水稻生长发育和产量的主要非生物因素之一，外源物质能有效缓解盐对水稻的毒害作用并增加水稻产量。本文主要综述了不同外源物质(生长素、赤霉素、细胞分裂素、脱落酸、乙烯、褪黑素、水杨酸、多胺、油菜素类固醇、茉莉酸类外源生长调节物质以及钙、硅离子类外源物)对盐胁迫下水稻生长的不同调控机理及其缓解效应，并进一步对外源物质在水稻耐盐上的利用与研究工作进行了展望，以期为改善盐渍土环境下水稻的生长发育以及提高产量和品质提供理论依据。

植物生长发育受多种植物激素综合调控。其中，油菜素甾醇（Brassinosteroids， BRs）作为重要的固醇类植物激素，与其他植物激素通过互作网络调控种子萌发、根生长发育、光形态建成及果实成熟等生理过程。该文综述了近年来油菜素内酯（Brassinolide，BR）与其他植物激素共同精细调控植物生长发育及胁迫响应的研究进展，为深入开展BR生物学功能研究提供重要参考。

This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of brassinosteroid (24-epibrassinolide, EBL) seed priming and optimal nitrogen (N) supply in improving salt tolerance in soybean. The experimental treatments were (a) control (nutrient solution without N and without EBL priming), (b) nutrient solution without N and EBL seed priming, (c) N supplemented nutrient solution without EBL priming and (d) EBL seed priming + N supplemented nutrient solution under optimal (0 mM NaCl) and salt stress (0 mM NaCl) conditions. Salt stress caused significant reduction in growth and biomass accumulation of soybean. However, EBL seed priming and application of N improved the soybean performance under optimal and salt stress conditions. In this regard, treatments receiving both EBL and N were more effective. EBL priming and N, alone and in combination, triggered the accumulation of osmolytes including proline, glycine betaine and sugars resulting in better photo-protection through maintenance of tissue water content. Antioxidant activity and osmolyte accumulation significantly increased due to combined treatment of N and EBL under normal as well as salt stress conditions. In conclusion, salt stress caused reduction in growth and biomass soybean due to oxidative damage and osmotic stresses. However, soybean performance was improved by seed priming with EBL. Supplementation of N further improved the effectiveness of EBL treatment in improving salt tolerance in soybean.© Prof. H.S. Srivastava Foundation for Science and Society 2020.

Salinity is one of the most serious agricultural problems that adversely affects growth and productivity of pasture crops such as alfalfa. In this study, the effects of salinity on some ecophysiological and biochemical criteria associated with salt tolerance were assessed in two Moroccan alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) populations, Taf 1 and Tata. The experiment was conducted in a hydro-aeroponic system containing nutrient solutions, with the addition of NaCl at concentrations of 100 and 200 mM. The salt stress was applied for a month. Several traits in relation to salt tolerance, such as plant dry biomass, relative water content, leaf gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence, nutrient uptake, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes, were analyzed at the end of the experiment. The membrane potential was measured in root cortex cells of plants grown with or without NaCl treatment during a week. The results indicated that under salt stress, plant growth and all of the studied physiological and biochemical traits were significantly decreased, except for malondialdehyde and H2O2 contents, which were found to be increased under salt stress. Depolarization of membrane root cortex cells with the increase in external NaCl concentration was noted, irrespective of the growth conditions. The Tata population was more tolerant to high salinity (200 mM NaCl) and its tolerance was associated with the ability of plants to maintain adequate levels of the studied parameters and their ability to overcome oxidative stress by the induction of antioxidant enzymes, such as guaiacol peroxidase, catalase and superoxide dismutase.

研究了外源油菜素内酯(BL)对NaCl胁迫下棉花幼苗的钠累积、叶片生理特征及叶片差异基因表达水平的影响.结果表明： NaCl胁迫下2个棉花品种各部位钠含量升高，叶片丙二醛(MDA)、脯氨酸含量上升，叶绿素含量下降，叶片基因表达水平受到影响.外源施用油菜素内酯可降低NaCl胁迫下棉花幼苗根、茎、叶的钠含量，降低叶片中MDA含量，提高脯氨酸含量，并且NaCl胁迫下苏棉12号棉花品种更易受油菜素内酯调控.对苏棉12号的叶片进行数字表达谱分析结果表明，NaCl胁迫下苏棉12号叶片中的差异基因表达水平受到油菜素内酯调控，BL+NaCl处理棉花叶片的基因表达模式与CK(正常生长棉株)更为一致.说明外源油菜素内酯可减轻NaCl胁迫下棉花叶片受抑制程度，从而使NaCl胁迫下棉花叶片生理功能增强(叶绿素含量升高)，最终使生物量增加.

The physiological and molecular mechanisms of tolerance to osmotic and ionic components of salinity stress are reviewed at the cellular, organ, and whole-plant level. Plant growth responds to salinity in two phases: a rapid, osmotic phase that inhibits growth of young leaves, and a slower, ionic phase that accelerates senescence of mature leaves. Plant adaptations to salinity are of three distinct types: osmotic stress tolerance, Na(+) or Cl() exclusion, and the tolerance of tissue to accumulated Na(+) or Cl(). Our understanding of the role of the HKT gene family in Na(+) exclusion from leaves is increasing, as is the understanding of the molecular bases for many other transport processes at the cellular level. However, we have a limited molecular understanding of the overall control of Na(+) accumulation and of osmotic stress tolerance at the whole-plant level. Molecular genetics and functional genomics provide a new opportunity to synthesize molecular and physiological knowledge to improve the salinity tolerance of plants relevant to food production and environmental sustainability.

土壤盐碱化问题日益严峻,已经成为全球范围内制约植物生长发育的主要环境因子之一。根系在植物应答逆境胁迫中具有重要的调节作用,但是多年来对于植物抗逆性的研究往往集中于地上,根系作为环境胁迫下最先感知并作出反应的器官,其耐逆机理还不明确。基于此,本文从根系构型、结构、生长、生理和分子生物学等多角度对国内外植物根系应答土壤盐碱胁迫机理进行了综述,并提出了不足与展望,旨为深层次揭示植物根系功能和耐盐碱胁迫机理提供一定的科学依据。

土壤盐渍化是影响农作物种子萌发出苗以及生长发育的重要限制因素, 探究外源激素对盐胁迫条件下荞麦种子萌发与幼苗生长的缓解作用具有重要意义。本试验以荞麦品种西农9976为材料, 采用培养皿萌发和盆栽发芽2种方法, 研究褪黑素(MT)与2,4-表油菜素内酯(EBR)浸种对不同盐浓度胁迫下荞麦种子萌发、幼苗生长、抗氧化酶活性、渗透调节物质的影响。结果表明, 盐胁迫增加了荞麦种子和幼苗叶片丙二醛(MDA)含量、可溶性糖含量和抗氧化酶(SOD、POD、CAT)活性, 降低了荞麦种子发芽势、发芽率和成苗率, 使荞麦种子胚芽长度、胚根长度和幼苗高度显著下降。MT、EBR浸种荞麦种子可有效缓解盐胁迫危害, 使荞麦种子发芽势、发芽率和成苗率较对照分别增加14.9%~33.3%、11.5%~27.3%和20.0%~46.2%, 显著提高荞麦种子胚根长度、胚芽长度、胚芽鲜重和干重、幼苗高度、幼苗鲜重和干重, 并显著增加荞麦种子和幼苗叶片中可溶性糖含量和SOD、POD、CAT活性, 降低MDA含量。综上所述, MT和EBR浸种均能通过提高荞麦种子保护酶活性、减少活性氧积累、增加渗透调节物质含量, 促进盐胁迫条件下荞麦种子发芽及幼苗生长, 提高荞麦的抗盐性。

Brassinolide (BR) is a sterol compound, which can regulate plant seed germination, flowering, senescence, tropism, photosynthesis, stress resistance, and is closely related to other signaling molecules. This study aimed to evaluate the ability of soaking with BR to regulate growth quality at rice seedling stage under salt stress. Results demonstrated that salt stress increases the contents of ROS, MDA, Na+ and ABA, reduces the the SPAD value, net photosynthetic rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (Gs), transpiration rate (Tr), maximum fluorescence (Fm), variable fluorescence (Fv), the effective photochemical efficiency of PSII (Fv/Fo) and the maximum photochemical efficiency of PSII (Fv/Fm), reduces the biomass production and inhabits plant growth. All of these responses were effectively alleviated by BR soaking treatment. Soaking with BR could increase the activities of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, and the contents of ascorbic acid, glutathione as well as soluble protein and proline, while BR soaking treatment inhibited the accumulation of ROS and reduced the content of MDA. BR soaking significantly reduced the contents of Na+ and increased the contents of K+ and Ca2+, indicating that soaking with BR is beneficial to the excretion of Na+, the absorption of K+ and Ca2+ and the maintenance of ion balance in rice seedlings under salt stress. BR also maintained endogenous hormone balance by increasing the contents of indoleacetic acid (IAA), zeatin (ZT), salicylic acid (SA), and decreasing the ABA content. Soaking with BR significantly increased the SPAD value, Pn and Tr and enhanced the Fm, Fv/Fm and Fv/Fo of rice seedlings under NaCl stress, protected the photosythetic system of plants, and improved their biomass. It is suggested that BR was beneficial to protect membrane lipid peroxidation, the modulation of antioxidant defense systems, ion balance and endogenous hormonal balance with imposition to salt stress.