1. Cultivo de tejidos vegetales y mutagénesis inducida: Una estrategia para el desarrollo de plantas tolerantes a salinidad.
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Urías-Salazar, Andrés Adrián, Ayil-Gutiérrez, Benjamín Abraham, Delgado-Martínez, Rafael, Silva-Espinosa, José Hugo Tomás, de Jesús Segura-Martínez, Ma. Teresa, and Poot-Poot, Wilberth Alfredo
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PLANT tissue culture , *GENETIC variation , *AGRICULTURE , *CROP losses , *FOOD security - Abstract
Salinity is one of the main factors that causes losses in crops up to 50%, which puts world food security at risk. During evolution, plants have acquired defense mechanisms, which are regulated by specific genes whose main function is to counteract damage by salinity. Genetic variability in crops is necessary for stress-tolerant genotypes to occur. One of the strategies that can be used to find tolerance is the combination of mutagenesis and plant tissue culture, since thousands of plants are produced in confined spaces and short periods; in addition, with the use of selective agents such as NaCl plants can be obtained tolerant to salinity. This review will address topics related to plant tissue culture, induced mutagenesis and the combination of both as strategies to obtain salinity tolerant plants of agricultural interest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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