High levels of sodium-containing salts in the soil are a problem for many plants: as a result, they do not grow well, or not at all. Soil salinization is seen as one of the greatest threats to feeding the world's population, as it makes soils increasing …

  Plants exhibit enormous variation in traits relevant to breeding, such as plant height, yield, and resistance to insect pests. One of the greatest challenges in modern plant research is determining which differences in genetic information cause such cha …