plant responses to salinity have been extensively studied over the last decades. Despite the vast accumulated knowledge, the ways Arabidopsis lateral roots (LR) cope with lethal salinity has not been fully resolved. Here we compared the primary root (pR) and the LR responses during events leading to lethal salinity (NaCl 200 mM) in Arabidopsis. We found that the PR and young LR responded differently to lethal salinity: While the PR died, emerging and young LR's remained strikingly viable. Moreover, "age acquired salt tolerance" (AAST) was observed in the PR. During the 2 days after germination (DAG) the PR was highly sensitive, but at 8 DAG there was a significant increase in the PR cell survival. nevertheless, the young LR exhibited an opposite pattern and completely lost its salinity tolerance, as it elongated beyond 400 µm. examination of several cell death signatures investigated in the young LR showed no signs of an active programmed cell death (pcD) during lethal salinity. However, Autophagic pcD (A-pcD) but not apoptosis-like pcD (AL-pcD) was found to be activated in the pR during the high salinity conditions. We further found that salinity induced NADPH oxidase activated ROS, which were more highly distributed in the young LR compared to the pR, is required for the improved viability of the LR during lethal salinity conditions. our data demonstrated a position-dependent resistance of Arabidopsis young LR to high salinity. This response can lead to identification of novel salt stress coping mechanisms needed by agriculture during the soil salinization challenge. The ongoing process of soil salinization negatively affects many plant species, including staple crops, imposing a major threat for global food production 1,2. Therefore, it is not surprising that over the last decades numerous studies have been dedicated to the understanding of plant responses to salt stress. These studies include those conducted from the organismic (whole plant) level to the cellular and molecular levels, deciphering both osmotic and ionic nature of salt 3-7. Since the root is the primary tissue that directly interacts with the rhizosphere's saline environment, special attention has been given to root tissue. In many of the past but also present studies, salt stress responses were determined in whole root samples without differentiating between the root's various developmental zones and cell types, mainly while being compared to the shoot 8,9. Nevertheless, it is well established by now that each of the root's different developmental zones responds to salt in a different manner. For example, the canonical Sodium/ Proton antiporter NHX1 was found in Arabidopsis roots to be expressed during salt stress in the elongation zone but excluded from the root tip meristem, whereas SOS1 exhibited the opposite expression pattern 10. Moreover, in a milestone study Dinneny et al. isolated several types of Arabidopsis root cells and showed that their transcriptomes differed significantly during salt stress 11. Therefore, it is necessary to spec...