Sett priming with salicylic acid improves salinity tolerance of sugarcane ( L.) during early stages of crop development.

Sugarcane ( L.), a globally cultivated carbohydrate producing crop of industrial importance is being challenged by soil salinity due to its glycophytic nature. Water stress coupled with cellular and metabolic alterations resulting from excess sodium (Na) ion accumulation is irreversibly damaging during early crop developmental stages that often results in complete crop failure.