Effect of Salinity Stress on Growth Performance, Cellular Responses and Antioxidant Production Capacity of Medicinal Plants

By : Malini Bhattacharyya, Puneet S. Singh, Babita Patni

Page No: 281-287

Abstract:
Soil salinity is a condition of the presence of a high amount of salt ions in the soil. Salt ions are toxic for plants. It is also harmful for medicinal plants. High salt concentration in the soil causes necrosis, rupture in the cell membrane and tissue degradation. But in plants, salinity stress acts as an elicitor of secondary metabolites. The saline condition helps in the up-regulation of defense mechanisms. For that reason, the accumulation of a large number of secondary metabolites happens. These could be beneficial for industries as well as transgenic research. In this review, we discussed the significance of salinity stress on medicinal plants growth pattern, cellular signalsand secondary metabolites up-regulation.

Authors:
Malini Bhattacharyya : Department of Enviornmental Plant Biology, High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Centre Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India

Puneet S. Singh :Lovely Professional University, Punjab

Babita Patni : Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant, High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Centre Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPSR.2020.36.1-2.36