Identifying novel salinity tolerance mechanisms by spatial and temporal analysis of lipids in barley.

农业粮食生产面临着世界人口不断增加以及气候变化和耕地侵蚀造成的非生物压力的威胁的双重挑战。谷物是主要的粮食作物，对包括盐分在内的大多数非生物胁迫的适应性很差。该项目应用了研究空间和时间生化机制的新技术，一种模式谷物大麦(大麦)，用于适应和耐受盐分。其目的是研究特定的质膜脂调节信号通路或膜流动性的作用，从而影响盐胁迫下的适应。这一结果将为提高耐盐性的谷物种质资源的开发提供新的线索。

Agrifood production faces the dual challenges of an increasing world population and the threats of abiotic stresses arising from climate change and the erosion of arable land. Cereals, the major food crops, are poorly adapted to tolerate most abiotic stresses, including salinity. This project applies new technologies investigating spatial and temporal biochemical mechanisms a model cereal, Hordeum vulgare (barley), utilises to adapt and tolerate salinity. The aims are to investigate the role of specifically plasma membrane lipids modulating either signalling pathways or membrane fluidity that impacts on adaptation during salinity. The results will provide new leads for the development of cereal germplasm with increased salt tolerance.