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Allen JA, Chambers JL and Stine M (1994). Prospects for increasing the salt tolerance of forest trees: a review. Tree Physiol. 14: 843-853. PMid:14967653 Azhar FM and McNeilly T (1988). The genetic basis of variation for salt tolerance in Sorghum bicolor (L.) moench seedlings. Plant Breed. 101: 114-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0523.1988.tb00275.x Azhar FM, Hussain SS and Mahmood I (1998). Heterotic response of F1 sorghum hybrids to NaCl salinity at early stage of plant growth. Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res. 41: 50-53. Comstock RE and Robinson HF (1952). Estimation of Average Dominance of Genes in Heterosis. Iowa State College Press, Ames. Cruz CD and Regazzi AJ (1994). Modelos Biométricos Aplicados ao Melhoramento Genético. Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Imprensa Universitária, Viçosa. Ekanayake IJ, Toole JCO, Garrity DP and Masajo DTM (1985). Inheritance of root charaters and their relation to drought resistance in rice. Crop Sci. 25: 927-932. http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1985.0011183X002500060007x Falconer DS and Mackay TFC (1996). Introduction to Quantitative Genetics. Chapman and Hall, London. Freeman GF (1919). The heredity of quantitative characters in wheat. Genetics 4: 1-93. PMid:17245919    PMCid:1200453 Gain P, Mannan MA, Pal PS, Hossain MM, et al. (2004). Effect of salinity on some yield attributes of rice. Pak. J. Biol. Sci. 7: 760-762. http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/pjbs.2004.760.762 Griffing B (1956). Concept of general and specific combining ability in relation to diallel crossing systems. Aust. J. Biol. Sci. 9: 463-493. Hassan AA, Nassar HH, Barkat MA and Tolba MS (1999). Tomato breeding for salinity tolerance. III. Genetics of tolerance. Egypt. J. Hort. 26: 391-403. Hayman BI (1954). The theory and analysis of diallel crosses. Genetics 39: 789-809. PMid:17247520    PMCid:1209689 Hollington PA (1998). Technological Breakthroughs in Screening/Breeding Wheat Varieties for Salt Tolerance. In: National Conference on “Salinity Management in Agriculture” CSSRI, Karnal. Jinks JL (1954). The analysis of continuous variation in diallel crosses of Nicotiana rustica varieties. Genetics 39: 767-788. PMid:17247519    PMCid:1209688 Kearsey MJ and Jinks JL (1968). A general method of detecting additive, dominance and epistasic variation for biometrical traits. I. Theory. Heredity 23: 403-409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1968.52 PMid:5250122 Kempthorne O (1957). An Introduction to Genetical Statistics. John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York. Kenga R, Alabi SO and Gupta SC (2004). Combining ability studies in tropical sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench). Field Crop Res. 88: 251-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2004.01.002 MarÃlia CF, Sérvio TC, Valter RO, Clibas V, et al. (2001). Combining ability for nodulation in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes from Andean and Middle American gene pools. Euphytica 118: 265-270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1017560118666 Moeljopawiro S and Ikehashi H (1981). Inheritance of salt tolerance in rice. Euphytica 30: 291-300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00033990 Munns R (2002). The Impact of Salinity Stress. Available at [http://www.plantstress.com/articles/salinity_i/salinity_ ihtml]. Accessed November 17, 2004. Paul NK, Johnston TD and Eagles F (1987). Heterosis and inbreeding depression in forage rape (Brassica napus L.). Euphytica 36: 345-349. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00730681 Qureshi RH, Aslam M, Nawaz S and Mehmood T (1990). Saline Agriculture Research in Pakistan. In: Proceedings of the Indo-Pak Workshop on Soil Salinity and Water Management, PARC, Isalamabad, 409-423. Qureshi RH (1993). Alternative Strategies for Tackling the Soil Salinity Problem. Department of Soil Science, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Ratanadilok N, Maracarian A and Schmilzel C (1978). Salt tolerance in grain sorghum. Agron. Abstr. 70: 160. Rausch T, Kirsch M, Low R, Lehr A, et al. (1996). Salt stress responses of higher plants: the role of proton pumps and Na+/ H+ antiporters. J. Plant Physiol. 148: 425-433. Roy NC, Jettopujov VN and Solanik NM (2002). Combining ability for some agronomic characters in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L). Pak. J. Agr. Res. 17: 346-350. Saranga Y, Cahaner A, Zamir D, Marani A, et al. (1992). Breeding tomatoes for salt tolerance: inheritance of salt tolerance and related traits in interspecific populations. Theor. Appl. Genet. 84: 390-396. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00229498 Sarwar G, Ashraf MY and Naeem M (2003). Genetic variability of some primitive bread wheat varieties to salt tolerance. Pak. J. Bot. 35: 771-777. Shaaban MM, El-Fouly MM, Zanaty EL, El-Nour AAA, et al. (2004). Halophytes and foliar fertilization as a useful technique for growing processing tomatoes in the saline affected soils. Pak. J. Biol. Sci. 7: 503-507. http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/pjbs.2004.503.507 Steel RGD, Torrie JH and Dickay DA (1997). Principles and Procedures of Statistics, a Biometrical Approach. McGraw Hill Book Co., New York. Waheed A (1996). Development of Salt Tolerance in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and Lentil (Lens culinaris medic). Ph.D. thesis, Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Department of Botany, Bahuddin Zakaryai University, Multan. Winicov I (1998). New molecular approaches to improving salt tolerance in crop plants. Ann. Bot. 82: 703-710. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/anbo.1998.0731 Wynne JC, Enery DA and Rice PH (1970). Combining ability estimation in Arachis hypogaea L. II. Field performance of F1 hybrids. Crop Sci. 10: 713-715. http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1970.0011183X001000060036x

Akinci S, Yilmaz K and Akinci IE (2004). Response of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) to salinity in the early growth stages for agricultural cultivation in saline environments. J. Environ. Biol. 25: 351-357. PMid:15847348 Al-Khatib M, McNeilly T and Collins JC (1994). The genetic basis of salt tolerance in lucerne (Medicago sativa L.). J. Genet. Breed. 48: 169-174. Ali Z, Khan AS and Asad MA (2002). Salt tolerance in bread wheat: genetic variation and heritability for growth and ion relation. Asian J. Plant Sci. 1: 420-422. doi:10.3923/ajps.2002.420.422 Ashraf M and McNeilly T (1988). Variability in salt tolerance of nine spring wheat cultivars. J. Agron. Crop Sci. 160: 14-21. doi:10.1111/j.1439-037X.1988.tb01160.x Aslam M, Qureshi RH and Ahmad N (1993). A rapid screening technique for salt tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Soil 150: 99-107. doi:10.1007/BF00779180 Azhar FM and McNeilly T (1989). The response of four sorghum accessions/cultivars to salinity during plant development. J. Agron. Crop Sci. 163: 33-43. doi:10.1111/j.1439-037X.1989.tb00734.x Azhar FM and Ahmad R (2000). Variation and heritability of salinity tolerance in upland cotton at early stage of plant development. Pak. J. Biol. Sci. 3: 1991-1993. doi:10.3923/pjbs.2000.1991.1993 Azhar FM and McNeilly T (2001). Compartmentation of Na+ and Cl- ions in different parts of Sorghum bicolor (L.) moench during plant development. Pak. J. Bot. 33: 101-107. Bhatti MA and Azhar FM (2002). Salt tolerance of nine Gossypium hirsutum L. varieties to NaCl salinity at early stage of plant development. Int. J. Agric. Biol. 4: 544-546. Bottger M (1978). Levels of endogenous indole-3-acetic acid and abscisic acid during the course of formation of roots. Z. Pflanzenphysiol 86: 283-286. Cramer GR, Alberico GJ and Schmidt C (1994). Salt tolerance is not associated with the sodium accumulation of two maize hybrids. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 21: 675-692. doi:10.1071/PP9940675 Falconer DS and MacKay TFC (1996). Introduction to Quantitative Genetics. Chapman and Hall, London. Farooq S and Azam F (2001). Co-existence of salt and drought tolerance in Triticeae. Hereditas 135: 205-210. doi:10.1111/j.1601-5223.2001.00205.x Flowers TJ and Yeo AR (1995). Breeding for salinity resistance in crop plants: where next? Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 22: 875-884. doi:10.1071/PP9950875 Forster BP (2001). Mutation genetics of salt tolerance in barley: an assessment of Golden Promise and other semi-dwarf mutants. Euphytica 120: 317-328. doi:10.1023/A:1017592618298 Furr JR and Ream CL (1969). Breeding Citrus Rootstocks for Salt Tolerance. In: Proceedings of the First International Citrus Symposium (Chapman HD, ed.). University of California, Riverside, 373-380. Gain P, Mannan MA, Pal PS, Hossain MM, et al. (2004). Effect of salinity on some yield attributes of rice. Pak. J. Biol. Sci. 7: 760-762. doi:10.3923/pjbs.2004.760.762 Gottschalk W (1981). Mutation: higher plants. Prog. Bot. 43: 139-152. Hassan AA, Nassar HH, Barkat MA and Tolba MS (1999). Tomato breeding for salinity tolerance. III. Genetics of tolerance. Egyptian J. Hort. 26: 391-403. Hoagland DR and Arnon DI (1950). The Water-Culture Method for Growing Plants Without Soil. Circular, University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, California, 347. Hollington PA (1998). Technological Breakthroughs in Screening/Breeding Wheat Varieties for Salt Tolerance. In: National Conference on “Salinity Management in Agriculture”. CSSRI, Karnal. Khan AS, Asad MA and Ali Z (2003). Assessment of genetic variability for NaCl tolerance in wheat. Pak. J. Agric. Sci. 40: 33-36. Larkin PJ and Scowcroft WR (1981). Somaclonal variation a novel source of variability from cell cultures for plant improvement. Theor. Appl. Genet. 60: 197-214. doi:10.1007/BF02342540 Leim ASN, Hendriks A, Kraal H and Loenen M (1985). Effect of deicing salt on roadside grasses and herbs. Plant Soil 84: 299-310. doi:10.1007/BF02275470 Levitt J (1980). Responses of Plants to Environmental Stresses, Water, Radiation, Salt and other Stresses. Academic Press Inc., New York. Maas EV (1986). Salt tolerance of plants. Appl. Agric. Res. 1: 12-26. Maiti RK, Amaya LED, Cardona SI, Dimas AMO, et al. (1996). Genotypic variability in maize cultivars (Zea mays L.) for resistance to drought and salinity. J. Plant Physiol. 148: 741-744. Mano Y and Takeda K (2001). Genetic resources of salt tolerance at germination and the seedling stage in wheat. Jpn. J. Crop Sci. 70: 215-220. McNeilly T (1990). Selection and breeding for salinity tolerance in crop species: a case for optimism? Acta Ecol. 11: 595-610. Munns R (2002). The impact of salinity stress. Available at [http:www.plantstress.com/articles/salinity_i/salinity_ihtm]. Accessed November 17, 2004. Munns R, Schachtman DP and Condon AG (1995). The significance of a two-phase growth response to salinity in wheat and barley. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 22: 561-569. doi:10.1071/PP9950561 Muralia S and Sastry EVD (1994). Stability analysis in wheat (Triticum aestivum) for seedling emergence and establishment characters at different salinity levels. Indian J. Genet. Plant Breed. 54: 351-356. Noor E, Azhar FM and Khan AA (2001). Differences in responses of Gossypium hirsutum L. varieties to NaCl salinity at seedling stage. Int. J. Agric. Biol. 3: 345-347. Noori SAS and McNeilly T (1999). Assessment of variability in salt tolerance in diploid Aegilops ssp. J. Genet. Breed. 53: 183-188. Noori SAS and McNeilly T (2000). Assessment of variability in salt tolerance based on seedling growth in Triticum durum Desf. Genet. Res. Crop Evol. 47: 285-291. doi:10.1023/A:1008749312148 Okusanya OT and Ungar IA (1984). The growth and mineral composition of three species of Spergularia as affected by salinity and nutrients at high salinity. Am. J. Bot. 71: 439-447. doi:10.2307/2443501 Qureshi RH (1993). Alternative Strategies for Tackling the Soil Salinity Problem. Department of Soil Science, University of Agricultutre, Faisalabad, 117. Qureshi RH, Aslam M, Nawaz S and Mehmood T (1990). Saline Agriculture Research in Pakistan. Proceedings Indo-Pak Workshop on Soil Salinity and Water Management. PARC, Islamabad. Rausch T, Kirsch M, Low R, Lehr A, et al. (1996). Salt stress responses of higher plants: the role of proton pumps and Na+/ H+ antiporters. J. Plant Physiol. 148: 425-433. Rodriguez HG, Roberts J, Jordan WR and Drew MC (1997). Growth, water relations, and accumulation of organic and inorganic solutes in roots of maize seedlings during salt stress. Plant Physiol. 113: 881-893. PMid:12223650    PMCid:158208 Rosielle AA and Hamblin J (1981). Theoretical aspects of selection for yield in stress and non-stress environments. Crop Sci. 21: 943-946. doi:10.2135/cropsci1981.0011183X002100060033x Rush DW and Epstein E (1981). Comparative studies on the sodium, potassium and chloride relations of a wild halophytic and a domestic salt sensitive tomato species. Plant Physiol. 68: 1308-1313. doi:10.1104/pp.68.6.1308 PMid:16662098    PMCid:426093 Salam A, Hollington PA, Gorham J, Wyn Jones RG, et al. (1999). Physiological genetics of salt tolerance in (Triticum aestivum L): performance of wheat varieties, inbred lines and reciprocal F1 hybrids under saline conditions. J. Agron. Crop Sci. 183: 145-156. doi:10.1046/j.1439-037x.1999.00361.x Saqib M, Akhtar J, Qureshi RH and Aslam M (2002). Performance of two wheat (Triticum aestivum) genotypes in response to waterlogging at different growth stages under non-saline and saline soil conditions. Pak. J. Agric. Sci. 39: 171-176. Sarwar G, Ashraf MY and Naeem M (2003). Genetic variability of some primitive bread wheat varieties to salt tolerance. Pak. J. Bot. 35: 771-777. Sastry EVD and Sharma H (2000). Effect of temperature and salinity on the germination seedling growth in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Indian J. Agri. Sci. 70: 117-118. Serrano R, Culianz-Macia FA and Moreno V (1998). Genetic engineering of salt and drought tolerance with yeast regulatory genes. Sci. Hortic. 78: 261-269. doi:10.1016/S0304-4238(98)00196-4 Shaaban MM, El-Fouly MM, El-Zanaty and El-Nour AAA (2004). Halophytes and foliar fertilization as a useful technique for growing processing tomatoes in the saline affected soils. Pak. J. Biol. Sci. 7: 504-507. Shannon MC and McCreight C (1984). Salt tolerance of lettuce introductions. HortScience 19: 673-675. Shannon MC and Grieve CM (1999). Tolerance of vegetable crops to salinity. Sci. Hortic. 78: 5-38. doi:10.1016/S0304-4238(98)00189-7 Shannon MC, Rhoades JD, Draper JH, Scardaci SC, et al. (1998). Assessment of salt tolerance in rice cultivars in response to salinity problems in California. Crop Sci. 38: 394-398. doi:10.2135/cropsci1998.0011183X003800020021x SPSS (1994). Repeated Analysis of Variance. In: SPSS Advanced Statistics Release, 107-143. Tal M and Shannon MC (1983). Salt tolerance in the wild relatives of the cultivated tomato: responses of Lycopersicon esculentum, L. cheesmanii, L. peruvianum, Solanum pennellii and F1 hybrids to high salinity. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 10: 109-117. doi:10.1071/PP9830109 Vespasiani C, Arias C and Taleisnik E (1995). Effect of salinity in the early stages of tomato fruit growth. Acta Phytopathol. Entomol. Hung. 30: 21-25. Xing X, Zheng G, Deng Z, Xu Z, et al. (2002). Comparative study of drought and salt resistance of different Tricacae genotypes. Acta Bot. Boreali-Occidentalia Sin. 22: 1122-1135. Zhao GQ, Ma BL and Ren CZ (2007). Growth, gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence and ion content of naked oat in response to salinity. 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