Table 3.

BR response to various kinds of salt and saline stresses

Stress	Crop	Year	Remarks	References
Salt	Strawberry	2011	EBR keep balance in plant nutrients, enhance plant antioxidant system, stabilize membrane stability and chlorophyll	[103]
Salinity	Mung bean	2010	Increase plant growth parameters, m membrane stability index, relative water contents, NR, CA activities, EC, H2O2 and chlorophyll SPAD by EBR treatment under stress conditions	[104]
NaCl/CdCl2	Bean	2011	EBR significantly enhance growth, yield by activating antioxidant enzymes under stress condition	[105]
Salt	Peppermint	2016	EBR play a protective role to alleviate salt stress effect and improve growth	[106]
Salt	Lettuce	2012	EBR have ability to enhance growth, GS enzyme activity, macro and micro nutrients uptake, improve cell membrane stability under salt stress	[107]
Salinity	Potato	2016	EBR significantly enhance in vitro potato adventitious root growth, root length, root number, bio mass, root activity, maintaining K+/Na+ homeostasis and antioxidant capacity	[108]
Salt	Eggplant	2012	EBR increase superoxide dismutase, guaiacol peroxidase, catalase and ascorbate peroxidase, and also increase essential ion contents under salt stress	[109]
Salt/copper	Cucumber	2013	EBR enhanced the level of antioxidant system (superoxide dismutase, catalase, peroxidase and proline) and improved growth parameters, both under stress and stress-free conditions	[110]
NaCl	Cucumber	2011	EBR reduce NaCl stress effect and increase germination, ACS and ACO genes expression (ethylene bio synthesis), ACO activity	[111]
Salinity	Brassica juncea	2017	EBR protect plant from salinity stress and enhance nitrogen, proline and ABA metabolism	[112]
Salt	Tomato	2016	EBR increase growth, proteins contents and antioxidant enzymes activities in in vitro growing potato.	[113]
NaCl	Ryegrass	2017	EBR enhance growth, Na+, root activity, protein contents, proline contents and antioxidant enzymes capacity	[25]
Saline	Pigeon pea	2013	EBR increase NR activity, amino acid, proteins contents, nutrients contents and increase defense system	[114]
Saline	Pepper	2013	EBR enhance growth and related parameters, reduce toxic ion effect	[11]
Salt	Rice	2012	EBR increase pea growth, activate different enzymes, chlorophyll, photosynthesis, proline and yield under salt stress condition	[115]
Salinity	Rice	2004	EBR significantly increase germination %, shoot and root length, fresh and dry weight, yield and yield components under salinity stress	[27]