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Salt Stress Affects the Growth and Yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Altering the Antioxidant Machinery and Expression of Hormones and Stress-Specific Genes

Shahid Hussain¹, Rui Zhang¹, Shuli Liu¹, Yang Wang¹, Irshad Ahmad², Yinglong Chen¹, Hongyan Hou³, Qigen Dai^1,*

1 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology, Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology, Key Laboratory of Saline-Alkali Soil Improvement and Utilization (Coastal Saline-Alkali Lands), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225000, China
2 Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
3 Yibang Agriculture Technology Development Co., Ltd., Dongying, 257000, China

* Corresponding Author: Qigen Dai. Email: