Nomadic "SALT bags" are a group of nomadic textiles which are less known in comparison with other nomadic weavings such as carpets, rugs, kilims, etc. These functional bags are generally found among other nomadic products. They have special features in form, structure, texture, color, pattern, motifs, and decoration which all make their examination significant besides studing other nomadic products. Afshars of Kerman -as an example in here- having a long history in weaving, are among those nomads which have various and noteworthy SALT bags. Afshari SALT bags are generally woven by women and are expressive of Afshars’ characteristics, though the effects of outer cultures are discernible in them. For this reason, in this article, it is tried to study Afshari tribe, their weaving history, as well as their former geographic realm, and eventually the influences of the other regions on their weavings. Therefore an overall recognition and understanding of their products -especially SALT bags- may be built up and the originality of patterns and other properties may be determined. In this connection, the aesthetic and physical aspects of SALT bags were studied and analyzed, and the acquired information was compared with weaves of other tribes as well.

Different SALT concentrations are found in the large portion of water resources and agriculture lands in which most of the plant species cannot be grown. Some microalgae species can be grown either in seawater or in brackish water which is not usable for normal agriculture. The present study analyzed the gene expressions associated with SALT stress in Dunaliella Salina. The expression of three coding genes namely acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC), channelrhodopsin-1 DChR1 protein (DC), and sodium-coupled phosphate transporter protein (DSSPT) were evaluated at three salinity levels: 3 gl-1 (low), 32 gl-1 (control), 100 gl-1 (high). The analysis were performed on the 5 th, 10 th and 17 th day of culture. The results revealed that for low and high SALT treatments, the lowest gene expressions were observed on 5 th day of growth, however, the gene expressions were increased with the growth of algae 10 th day. It should be noted that, cells until the under low salinity conditions (3 gl-1 ), gene expressions were lower than high salinity concentration during the growth phase.

In order to evaluate for SALT tolerance, 823 accessions from bread wheat collection of National Plant Gene-Bank of Iran were studied. The evaluation of genetic materials was performed under SALT stress in research field of Ardekan, Yazd with soil and irrigated water salinity of 10 to 12 dsm-1 in an augmented design with three check cultivars. Grain yield of five spikes and number of tillers had the largest diversity based on coefficient of variation, 27.99 and 24.13, respectively. In principal component analysis the first seven components comprised 69.18% of the total variation. The first principal component emphasized on grain weight of five spikes, number of seeds per spike, number of spikelets per spike and number of florlets per spikelets and distinguished acessions 3528 (unknown origin from Iran), 3477 (Khorasan), 4056 (Kerman), 3532 (Markazi, 3569 (Lorestan) and 3444 (Khorasan). Cluster analysis was performed through K means method and located the accessions in five groups. In Group two, 38 accessions had higher grain yield of five spikes, 100 seed weight and number of seeds per spike than Kavir. In group five, three accession, 3228 (Khorasan), 4436 (India) and 5415 (Greece) had higher grain yield of five spikes, 100 seed weight and number of seeds per spike than Roshan and Mahooti. The total results of the research indicated high genetic diversity and possibility of selection for SALT stress within bread wheat genetic resources.

Ten promising alfalfa ecotypes were evaluated in normal and SALTy conditions. Various agro-morphological traits of ecotypes such as plant height, number of stem, chlorophyll (CHL) amounts and yield were measured in normal and SALT stress conditions. Analysis of variance showed that the responses were significantly different among ecotypes. To ensure results accuracy and ecotypes selection, the experiment was repeated once again and salinity treatments were applied at two levels. The results indicated that the response was significantly different among cultivars. Gara-Yonje, Baftan and Leghlan ecotypes were the best for plant height, however, the results for number of stems were similar. Gara-Yonje and Leghlan had the most CHL but Khaje ecotype produced the shortest height. In SALT-free conditions, Gara-Yonje, Khaje and Baftan had the most individually fresh yield. Gara-Yonje and Baftan were the best in moderate SALTy conditions. Ecotypes in severe SALTy conditions for fresh yield were similar to moderate conditions and again Gara-Yonje, Khaje, Baftan and Leghlan were the best. Considering all measured traits, particularly with emphasis on yield, Gara-Yonje, Khaje, Baftan and Leghlan can be selected for moderate and severe SALTy conditions.

Salinity is one of the most challenging problems that adversely affects growth and development of plants. Therefore, understanding of the mechanisms that enable plants to adapt to salinity stress will ultimately help in the selection of stress tolerant cultivars for exploiting saline soils. The main objective of this study was to examine the effects of NaCl on some physiological and biochemical characteristics of two rice varieties, IR29 (SALT sensitive) and FL485 (SALT tolerant), exhibiting different sensitivities to NaCl. NaCl induced a progressive increment in Na+ concentration of both cultivars, however, it was more marked in the sensitive cultivar IR29. A higher level of sugar and a delay in chlorophyll degradation together with less chlorophyll degradation were observed in the SALT tolerant rice. SALT stress may promote sugar accumulation, thus preventing the degradation of chlorophyll. Salinity stress induced an accumulation of starch in cv. FL485. It is possible that adjusted carbon partitioning could have an important implication on salinity tolerance. It is suggested that allocation of sugars into starch may involve in salinity tolerance by avoiding metabolic alteration.