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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2018, Vol. 17 Issue (10): 2215-2221    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(17)61864-1
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Advances in salinity tolerance of soybean: Genetic diversity, heredity, and gene identification contribute to improving salinity tolerance
CHEN Hua-tao, LIU Xiao-qing, ZHANG Hong-mei, YUAN Xing-xing, GU He-ping, CUI Xiao-yan, CHEN Xin
Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, P.R.China
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Abstract  
Salt stress is one of the major abiotic stresses affecting soybean growth.  Genetic improvement for salt tolerance is an effective way to protect soybean yield under salt stress conditions.  Successful improvement of salt tolerance in soybean relies on identifying genetic variation that confers tolerance in soybean germplasm and subsequently incorporating these genetic resources into cultivars.  In this review, we summarize the progress in genetic diversity and genetics of salt tolerance in soybean, which includes identifying genetic diversity for salt tolerant germplasm; mapping QTLs conferring salt tolerance; map-based cloning; and conducting genome-wide association study (GWAS) analysis in soybean.  Future research avenues are also discussed, including high throughput phenotyping technology, the CRISPR/Cas9 Genome-Editing System, and genomic selection technology for molecular breeding of salt tolerance.
 
Keywords:  soybean        genetic variation        heredity        gene identification        salinity improvement  
Received: 27 September 2017   Accepted:
Fund: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31401407).
Corresponding Authors:  Correspondence CHEN Hua-tao, Tel: +86-25-84390803, E-mail: cht@jaas.ac.cn; CHEN Xin, Tel: +86-25-84391362, E-mail: cx@jaas.ac.cn   

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CHEN Hua-tao, LIU Xiao-qing, ZHANG Hong-mei, YUAN Xing-xing, GU He-ping, CUI Xiao-yan, CHEN Xin. 2018. Advances in salinity tolerance of soybean: Genetic diversity, heredity, and gene identification contribute to improving salinity tolerance. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 17(10): 2215-2221.

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