Table 1.

STGs and their probable mechanism of action for salt tolerance

Grass genera	Mechanism of action
Agropyron	Compartmentation of ions, Na+ ion exclusion
Aeluropus	Compartmentation of ions in to vacuoles
Chloris	Enhanced ROS scavenging enzymes
Leymus	Osmolyte accumulation
Paspalum	Osmolyte accumulation
Pennisetum	Compartmentation of ions in to vacuoles
Porteresia	Osmolyte accumulation
Puccinellia	Enhanced ROS scavenging enzymes, Na+ ion exclusion
Spartina	Compartmentation of ions in to vacuoles