Extremophile

**Background:** The severity and frequency of drought has increased around the globe, creating challenges in ensuring food security for a growing world population. As a consequence, improving water use efficiency by crops has become an important …

Eutrema salsugineum is a halophyte that is tolerant to abiotic stresses such as nutritional deficiencies, cold tem- peratures, and drought, and has been used as a model plant for stress tolerance research. Most studies have fo- cused on the Shandong …