[Wageningen University & Research] Salination causes harvests to fail across the globe. Plants die, or their growth is stunted. Researchers of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have discovered that a local regulator protein encourages root growth in saline soil, which allows the plant to develop under these adverse conditions. The findings have been published in the scientific journal the Plant Cell and form a critical basis for further research into the development of more resilient crop varieties.