Bangor University2024-12-072024-12-07https://dspace.academy.edu.ly/handle/123456789/560Climate predictions for the next 50 years forecast a 10C to 2.50C increase in the annual mean temperature, and the increase may even prove to be greater (IPCC, 2007). This may lead to an increase in evapotranspiration in warmer regions. In addition, precipitation patterns in temperate environments are also changing, with milder, wetter winters and warmer, drier summers being predicted for many parts of Europe (IPCC, 2007). Moreover, Danielopol et al. (2003) show that increasing salinisation of coastal aquifers results from rises in sea-level. All of these challenges add substantially to the strong pressures placed upon water resources, resulting in an urgent need to focus on improved water use efficiency and development of crop varieties that are adaptive to drought and salinity.Abstract World agriculture is challenged by the increasing demand on diminishing resources of fresh water. Climate change and salinity are both issues, resulting in a major international research effort to breed more resistant crops. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to this effort by determining how wheat varieties respond to salt stress.Water and Solute Relations of Salt stressed Wheat and Annual Suaeda maritima