Table 1.

Abiotic stress responsive genes of halophytic origin reported to enhance salt tolerance in glycophytic hosts.

Halophytes	Genes	Description	Recipient plants	References
Aeluropus littoralis	AlNHX1	Vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter	Nicotiana tabacum	Zhang et al., 2008
Atriplex centralasiatica	AcBADH	Synthesis of glycine betaine	Nicotiana tabacum	Yin et al., 2002
Atriplex gmelini	AgNHX1	Vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter	Oryza sativa	Ohta et al., 2002
Atriplex hortensis	AhBADH	Synthesis of glycine betaine	Tomato	Jia et al., 2002
Atriplex hortensis	AhProT1	Proline transport	Arabidopsis	Shen et al., 2002
Atriplex nummularia	AmCMO	Enhanced glycine betaine synthesis	Nicotiana tabacum	Tabuchi et al., 2005
Avicennia marina	AmMDHAR	Ascorbate regeneration and ROS scavenging	Nicotiana tabacum	Kavitha et al., 2010
Halostachys caspica	HcNHX1	Vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter	Arabidopsis	Guan et al., 2011
Halostachys caspica	V-ATPase	Vacuolar-H+-pyrophosphatase	Arabidopsis	Hu et al., 2012
Kalidium foliatum	V-ATPase	Vacuolar-H+-pyrophosphatase	Arabidopsis	Yao et al., 2012
Salicornia brachiata	SbASR1	Abscisic acid stress ripening-1	Arachis hypogea	Tiwari et al., 2015a
Salicornia brachiata	SbGSTU	Tau class glutathione transferases	Nicotiana tabacum	Jha et al., 2011
Salicornia brachiata	SbMT-2	Metallothionein: ROS scavenger	Nicotiana tabacum	Chaturvedi et al., 2014
Salicornia brachiata	SbNHX1	Vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter	Jatropha curcas	Joshi et al., 2013
Salicornia brachiata	SbNHX1	Vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter	Ricinus communis	Patel et al., 2015
Salicornia brachiata	SbNHX1	Vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter	Cuminum cyminum	Pandey et al., 2016
Salicornia brachiata	SbpAPX	Peroxisomal ascorbate peroxidase	Nicotiana tabacum	Singh et al., 2014a
Salicornia brachiata	SbpAPX	Peroxisomal ascorbate peroxidase	Arachis hypogea	Singh et al., 2014b
Salicornia brachiata	SbSDR1	Salt and drought responsive gene	Nicotiana tabacum	Singh et al., 2016
Salicornia brachiata	SbSRP	Salt responsive protein encoding gene	Nicotiana tabacum	Udawat et al., 2017
Salicornia brachiata	SbUSP	Cytosolic universal stress protein	Nicotiana tabacum	Udawat et al., 2016
Salicornia europaea	SeCMO	Enhanced glycine betaine synthesis	Nicotiana tabacum	Wu et al., 2010
Salsola soda	SsNHX1	Vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter	Alfalfa	Li et al., 2011
Spartina alterniflora	SaVHAc1	Vacuolar H + -ATPase subunit c1	Oryza sativa	Baisakh et al., 2012
Suaeda corniculata	V-ATPase	Vacuolar-H+-pyrophosphatase	Arabidopsis	Liu et al., 2011
Suaeda liaotungensis	SlASR1	Abscisic acid stress ripening	Arabidopsis	Hu et al., 2014
Suaeda liaotungensis	SlBADH	Synthesis of glycine betaine	Zea mays	Wu et al., 2008
Suaeda liaotungensis	SlBADH	Synthesis of glycine betaine	Nicotiana tabacum	Li et al., 2003a
Suaeda liaotungensis	SlCMO	Enhanced glycine betaine synthesis	Nicotiana tabacum	Li et al., 2003b
Suaeda liaotungensis	SlNAC	NAC transcription factor	Arabidopsis	Yang et al., 2014
Suaeda salsa	SsCAX1	Vacuolar H+/Ca2+ Transporter	Arabidopsis	Han et al., 2012
Suaeda salsa	Ss.sAPX	Stroma ascorbate peroxidase	Arabidopsis	Li et al., 2012
Suaeda salsa	SsCHLAPX	Chloroplastic ascorbate peroxidase	Arabidopsis	Pang et al., 2011
Suaeda salsa	SsGST	Glutathione S-transferase	Oryza sativa	Zhao and Zhang, 2006
Suaeda salsa	SsPrxQ	Chloroplast-located Peroxiredoxin Q	Arabidopsis	Jing et al., 2006
Suaeda salsa	SsVP	Vacuolar-H+-pyrophosphatase	Arabidopsis	Guo et al., 2006
Tamarix androssowii	TaMnSOD	Antioxidant: manganese superoxide dismutase	Populus	Wang et al., 2010
Thellungiella halophila	ThNHX1	Vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter	Arabidopsis	Wu et al., 2009
Thellungiella halophila	ThSOS1	Salt overly sensitive gene	Arabidopsis	Oh et al., 2009
Thellungiella halophila	TsVP	H+-PPase gene	Gossypium	Lv et al., 2008
Thellungiella halophila	TsVP	H+-PPase gene	Nicotiana tabacum	Gao et al., 2006
Thellungiella salsuginea	TsLEA1	Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA)	Arabidopsis	Zhang et al., 2012
Thellungiella salsuginea	TsTIP1	Tonoplast AQP gene	Arabidopsis	Wang et al., 2014