Salinity and medicinal plants: Challenges and strategies for production
Medicinal plants, since antiquity, have been relevant due to their therapeutic properties, are widely used for the prevention and treatment of diseases. However, the growth and production of these plants are impacted by a notorious environmental stressor, salinity. In this sense, this study aimed to...
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| author | Paulo Henrique de Almeida Cartaxo Dayane Gomes da Silva José Rayan Eraldo Souza Araújo João Henrique Barbosa da Silva Vitor Araújo Targino Lucimere Maria da Silva Xavier Francisco Pereira Neto Adailton Bernardo de Oliveira Adilma Maria da Silva |
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| description | Medicinal plants, since antiquity, have been relevant due to their therapeutic properties, are widely used for the prevention and treatment of diseases. However, the growth and production of these plants are impacted by a notorious environmental stressor, salinity. In this sense, this study aimed to review the impacts of salinity on plant development, the deleterious effects of this environmental stressor on the production of medicinal plants, and the production strategies of these species in saline conditions. Areas with salt excess problems have been increasing all over the planet, mainly due to human actions such as inadequate irrigation management. Salinity impacts plants at different times, the first phase results from osmotic stress, while the second derives from the ionic toxicity of the salt constituents. In medicinal plants, saline stress causes damage from germination to changes in morphological characteristics, physiology, nutrient concentration, and productivity. However, in some species, exposure to moderate degrees of salinity was positive for medicinal quality, with an improvement in the constitution of the essential oil. Strategies for the production of medicinal plants in saline conditions are reported in the literature, such as the use of amino acids (such as proline and betaine glycine), salicylic acid, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, resistance inducing genes, and projected nanoparticles. These strategies may represent an option for agricultural production in marginal areas and with waters with higher levels of salts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23b1b8e6f60144e49ece6b72abc979b02022-12-22T03:40:30ZengUniversidade Federal de RondonópolisScientific Electronic Archives2316-92812022-07-0115810.36560/158202215791323Salinity and medicinal plants: Challenges and strategies for productionPaulo Henrique de Almeida Cartaxo0Dayane Gomes da Silva1José Rayan Eraldo Souza Araújo2João Henrique Barbosa da Silva3Vitor Araújo Targino4Lucimere Maria da Silva Xavier5Francisco Pereira Neto6Adailton Bernardo de Oliveira7Adilma Maria da Silva8Universidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversidade Estadual da ParaíbaUniversidade Federal da ParaíbaUniversidade Federal da ParaíbaFaculdades Nova EsperançaMedicinal plants, since antiquity, have been relevant due to their therapeutic properties, are widely used for the prevention and treatment of diseases. However, the growth and production of these plants are impacted by a notorious environmental stressor, salinity. In this sense, this study aimed to review the impacts of salinity on plant development, the deleterious effects of this environmental stressor on the production of medicinal plants, and the production strategies of these species in saline conditions. Areas with salt excess problems have been increasing all over the planet, mainly due to human actions such as inadequate irrigation management. Salinity impacts plants at different times, the first phase results from osmotic stress, while the second derives from the ionic toxicity of the salt constituents. In medicinal plants, saline stress causes damage from germination to changes in morphological characteristics, physiology, nutrient concentration, and productivity. However, in some species, exposure to moderate degrees of salinity was positive for medicinal quality, with an improvement in the constitution of the essential oil. Strategies for the production of medicinal plants in saline conditions are reported in the literature, such as the use of amino acids (such as proline and betaine glycine), salicylic acid, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, resistance inducing genes, and projected nanoparticles. These strategies may represent an option for agricultural production in marginal areas and with waters with higher levels of salts.https://sea.ufr.edu.br/SEA/article/view/1579salt stress, glycophytes, tolerance induction |
| spellingShingle | Paulo Henrique de Almeida Cartaxo Dayane Gomes da Silva José Rayan Eraldo Souza Araújo João Henrique Barbosa da Silva Vitor Araújo Targino Lucimere Maria da Silva Xavier Francisco Pereira Neto Adailton Bernardo de Oliveira Adilma Maria da Silva Salinity and medicinal plants: Challenges and strategies for production Scientific Electronic Archives salt stress, glycophytes, tolerance induction |
| title | Salinity and medicinal plants: Challenges and strategies for production |
| title_full | Salinity and medicinal plants: Challenges and strategies for production |
| title_fullStr | Salinity and medicinal plants: Challenges and strategies for production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Salinity and medicinal plants: Challenges and strategies for production |
| title_short | Salinity and medicinal plants: Challenges and strategies for production |
| title_sort | salinity and medicinal plants challenges and strategies for production |
| topic | salt stress, glycophytes, tolerance induction |
| url | https://sea.ufr.edu.br/SEA/article/view/1579 |
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