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Table 1. Recent studies identifying some of canola salt-tolerant components at the molecular level, including genes, proteins, miRNAs, epigenetic modifications, enzyme activities, and metabolic pathways.

No.	Cultivar	Tissue	Salt treatment	Method	Reference
1	Zhongyou 821	Root, shoot, and leaf	250 and 400 µM of mannitol	RT-PCR	Zhong et al. (2012)
2	Nannongyou No.3	Leaf	200 mM NaCl	2-DE	Jia et al. (2015)
3	Westar	Plantlet	10, 20, 50, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 500, 750 and 1,000 mM NaCl	AFLP assay	Guangyuan et al. (2007)
4	Dunkled, CON-III, Rainbow, Cyclone, Hyola 308, Hyola 401, Hyola 60, Optlon 50 and RGS003	Root, shoot	150, 200 and 300 mM NaCl	Physiological characteristics	Ashraf & Ali (2008) and Heidari (2010)
5	Hyola 308, Sarigol	Leaf	175 and 350 mM NaCl	2-DE	Bandehagh et al. (2011)
6	Hyola 308, Sarigol	Root, leaf	150 and 300 mM NaCl	Gel-free proteomics	Banaei-Asl et al. (2015) and Banaei-Asl et al. (2016)
7	N119	Root, leaf	200 mM NaCl	RNA-seq	Yong et al. (2014)
8	Sary	Leaf	150 mM NaCl	2-DE	Yíldíz, Akçalí & Terzi (2015)
9	Hyola 308, Sarigol	Root, leaf	300 mM NaCl	In silico	Gharelo & Bandehagh (2017)
10	ZS11	Seed	200 mM NaCl	qRT-PCR	Jian et al. (2016)
11	Westar	Leaf	75 and 150 mM NaCl	Glutathione synthesis assay	Ruiz & Blumwald (2002)
12	Dunkled, Cyclone	Leaf	150 mM NaCl	RT-PCR	Saadia et al. (2012)
13	Lines 2205 and 1423	Root, leaf	100 and 200 mM NaCl	QTL mapping	Lang et al. (2017)
14	Chiifu	Whole plant	250 mM NaCl	Microarray	Lee et al. (2008)
15	Westar	Seed, young plant, leaf, bud, flower, and root	300 mM NaCl	Genetic engineering	Das et al. (2005)

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