A novel phytoene synthase paralog from halophytic Salicornia confers salinity tolerance in plants

Salicornia seems to be a suitable euhalophyte for the study of salt stress resilience mechanism and exploitation of salinitytolerant genes for crop yield improvement. In this study, we cloned a novel SePSY1 gene from an extremely salt-tolerant glycophyte, Salicornia europaea.