Plant Stress Physiology - Perspectives in Agriculture Soybean production under salt stress: Plant responses and tolerance mechanisms Abstract Commented [MH1]: MH 1. Introduction Commented [MH2]: TIA Importance of soybean, Abiotic stress, Salt stress effect on soybean, how to mitigate this stress, importance of soybean importance (green legume, fodder, green manure), justification of this review, objectives and main contents of the review. 2. Soybean: A crop of multiple uses Commented [MH3]: FN 3. Soybean response to salt stress (One comprehensive figure) 3.1 Seed germination and emergence Commented [MH4]: AACM 3.2 Growth (including dry matter partitioning) Commented [MH5]: MH 3.3 Photosynthesis Commented [MH6]: AACM 3.4 Water relation Commented [MH7]: MH 3.5 Reproductive development Commented [MH8]: TIA 3.6 Yield and quality Commented [MH9]: FN A comprehensive table 3.8. Oxidative stress in soybean under salinity (One Figure) Commented [MH10]: TIA 4. Enhancing salt tolerance and adaptative mechanisms in soybean 4.1 Using salt tolerant variety Commented [MH11]: AACM 4.2 Seed priming for salt tolerance in soybean (One Figure containing seed priming methods and prime mechanisms) Commented [MH12]: FN 4.3 Agronomic managements (Sowing time, mulching, leaching, water management, tillage management, etc.) Commented [MH13]: MH 4.4 Application of different protectants (Plant nutrient, phytohormone, antioxidants, amino acids, signaling molecules) Commented [MH14]: KP 4.5 Use of beneficial microbes Commented [MH15]: KP A comprehensive table on physiological mechanisms 4.6 Enhancing antioxidant defense (A table summarizing the results) Commented [MH16]: AACM 5. Conclusion Commented [MH17]: TIIA References