Citation: J Bennett, Gurdev S Khush. 2003. Enhancing salt tolerance in crops through molecular breeding: A new strategy. Journal of Crop Production 7 (1/2) 11-65.

Keywords: Oryza sativa, salt tolerance, genotype, environmental interaction, genetic complexity, genetic interaction, rice breeding, impact of salt on plants, water deficit and its consequences, movement of water from soil to roots, overcoming salt-induced water deficit, protecting leaves when stomata are closed, iron toxicity, nutrient imbalances, breeding strategy, salinity appraisal, physiological mechanism discovery, gene and allele discovery, pre-breeding for salt tolerance, molecular breeding, mutagenesis of SOS salt over sensitive genes, proteomic analysis, QLT mapping, transgenic approaches,