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Salinity Stress in Wheat: Effects, Mechanisms and Management Strategies

Mahmoud F. Seleiman^1,2,#,*, Muhammad Talha Aslam^3,#, Bushra Ahmed Alhammad⁴, Muhammad Umair Hassan⁵, Rizwan Maqbool³, Muhammad Umer Chattha³, Imran Khan³, Harun Ireri Gitari⁶, Omer S. Uslu⁷, Rana Roy⁸, Martin Leonardo Battaglia⁹

1 Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Crop Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Menoufia University, Shibin El-kom, 32514, Egypt
3 Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
4 Biology Department, College of Science and Humanity Studies, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Riyadh, 11942, Saudi Arabia
5 Research Center on Ecological Sciences, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
6 Department of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, School of Agriculture and Enterprise Development, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya
7 Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sutcu Imam, Kahramanmaras, 46040, Turkey
8 Department of Agroforestry & Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, 3100, Bangladesh
9 Department of Animal Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, 14850, USA
# contributed equally in the manuscript

* Corresponding Author:Mahmoud F. Seleiman. Email: