“…To explore the molecular mechanism of ZmGnTL in regulating salt stress, WT and ZmGnTL -OX Arabidopsis plants were subjected to 24 h of salt stress to analyze the expression of genes associated with ion transport ( AKT1, NHX1, VP1 , and KUP7 ) ( Hirsch et al., 1998 ; Apse et al., 2003 ; Li et al., 2005 ; Han et al., 2016 ), antioxidation ( APX1 and Mn-SOD ) ( Li et al., 2019 ; Chen et al., 2022 ), and osmotic adjustment ( PDH, P5CS, CMO , and BADH ) ( Peng et al., 1996 ; Strizhov et al., 1997 ; Fitzgerald et al., 2009 ; Luo et al., 2012 ). The expression of AtNHX1 was significantly higher in ZmGnTL -OX lines than that in WT roots and leaves under salt stress, while the expression was similar under normal condition ( Figure 9 ).…”