Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2019)
Approaches for enhancing drought and salt stress tolerance in mulberry
Author(s): N Aruna, P Rajeswari, M Saranya and D Vijayalakshmi
Abstract: Sericulture has played a very important role in the socio-economic empowerment of rural and semi-urban population. The eco-friendly nature of the industry, in addition to its employment generation potential, low investments and frequent returns, has rendered the industry as one of the most suitable land based economic activity, particularly in the context of global movement against environmental degradation and global warming. Mulberry (Morus alba L.) is a deciduous woody tree with moderate tolerance to salinity, which has great economic importance as its leaf is used for feeding the monophagous silkworm Bombyx mori L. Mulberry leaf is also used as fodder for livestock. But today, abiotic stresses such as drought, salt and high temperatures stresses greatly affect mulberry growth and productivity world-wide. Hence, development of abiotic stress tolerant varieties can expand mulberry cultivation into the drought and salt affected marginal lands, thereby increasing the availability of leaf for both sericulture and livestock industries in arid and semiarid regions of India and other Asian countries. There is a great degree of genotypic variation in mulberry genotypes to different stresses and thus, it is possible to develop varieties with enhanced abiotic stress tolerance if appropriate strategies and techniques are adopted. This review mainly focuses on the morphological, physiological, biochemical and genetic characters in mulberry along with recent developments in this field.
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N Aruna, P Rajeswari, M Saranya, D Vijayalakshmi. Approaches for enhancing drought and salt stress tolerance in mulberry. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(3):2167-2172.