| Abstract: | Salinity stress is a major threat to global food production and its intensity is continuously increasing because ofanthropogenic activities. Wheat is a staple food and a source of carbohydrates and calories for the majority ofpeople across the globe. However, wheat productivity is adversely affected by salt stress, which is associated witha reduction in germination, growth, altered reproductive behavior and enzymatic activity, disrupted photosynthesis, hormonal imbalance, oxidative stress, and yield reductions. Thus, a better understanding of wheat (plant)behavior to salinity stress has essential implications to devise counter and alleviation measures to cope with saltstress. Different approaches including the selection of suitable cultivars, conventional breeding, and moleculartechniques can be used for facing salt stress tolerance. However, these techniques are tedious, costly, andlabor-intensive. Management practices are still helpful to improve the wheat performance under salinity stress.Use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, and exogenous application of phytohormones, seed priming, and nutrient management are important tools to improve wheat performance undersalinity stress. In this paper, we discussed the effect of salinity stress on the wheat crop, possible mechanisms todeal with salinity stress, and management options to improve wheat performance under salinity conditions. |
