What do we know about salt stress in bryophytes?

Abstract

Bryophytes are among the first plants that faced the terrestrial way of life. They settled almost all terrestrial habitats, but no extant seawater representatives are known. It is not widely documented how bryophytes cope with salt stress, but there are species inhabiting salty environments. Here, we present the current state of knowledge on salt stress biology in bryophytes.

Keywords:

• Mosses
• liverworts
• stress
• tolerance
• halophyte

Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia [grant Nos. 173024 and 173030] and to anonymous referees for valuable comments. A special thanks goes to Dr. Curtis Randall Björk for our English improvement.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.