"Abiotic stress is one of the biggest threats to food security
worldwide, enhanced by a changing global climate and the alarming
gap in crop productivity to face population growth. Rice (Oryza sativa)
is one of the top staple food crops worldwide, along with wheat and
maize, and is also one of the most susceptible monocots to abiotic
stress, such as salinity, with moderate stress leading to up to 90%
production losses."
