Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 2
Written by Lia SERBAN (MLADIN), Oana SICORA, Imre VASS, Cosmin SICORA, Mihaiela CORNEA-CIPCIGAN, Mirela Irina CORDEA
A major constraint to global food production is the selection of crops that are better adapted to resource limited environments and soil conditions. In the past decades, the research in this field has focused on the study of the effect of abiotic stress on plants and elucidating signalling pathways that govern the appropriate and coordinated response to abiotic stress. This study identified some tolerant tomato landraces to salt and drought stress from saline zones of Bihor County, in North-Western Romania. Phenotypic characterization of collected landraces provided information regarding drought and salt stress resistance compared with the 'Marmande’ cultivar. Root density, leaf area and the reaction under different concentrations of salt and different water content were compared to conclude which landraces are more suitable for future genotypic studies in order to use them in breeding programs. The aim is to obtain genotypes with increased drought and salt stress resistance to improve crop yield and quality in saline environments. This study highlights the potential of local tomato landraces from Bihor County a
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