Table_1_Coping with salt stress-interaction of halotolerant bacteria in crop plants: A mini review.docx

Salinity is one of the major environmental abiotic stress factors that limit the growth and yield of crop plants worldwide. It is crucial to understand the importance of several adaptive mechanisms in plants toward salt stress so as to increase agricultural productivity. Plant resilience toward salinity stress is improved by cohabiting with diverse microorganisms, especially bacteria. In the last few decades, increasing attention of researchers has focused on bacterial communities for promoting plant growth and fitness. The biotechnological applications of salt-tolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) gained widespread interest for their numerous metabolites. This review provides novel insights into the importance of halotolerant (HT) bacteria associated with crop plants in enhancing plant tolerance toward salinity stress. Furthermore, the present review highlights several challenges of using HT-PGPR in the agricultural field and possible solutions to overcome those challenges for sustainable agriculture development in the future.

盐分是全球范围内限制农作物生长和产量的主要环境非生物胁迫因素之一。深入理解植物应对盐胁迫的多种适应性机制对于提升农业生产力至关重要。植物对盐胁迫的适应性通过与其共生的多种微生物，尤其是细菌的相互作用而得到增强。在过去几十年中，研究人员对细菌群落促进植物生长和适应性的关注日益增加。耐盐植物根际促生菌（PGPR）的生物技术应用因其丰富的代谢产物而受到广泛关注。本文综述为理解与农作物相伴的耐盐细菌（HT）在增强植物耐盐性方面的作用提供了新颖的见解。此外，本文还强调了在农业领域使用HT-PGPR所面临的挑战及其可能的解决方案，以期为未来可持续农业的发展提供助力。