which should be rare since the original population was a commercial
F1 hybrid. The study of the horizontal transmission of
the observed salt tolerance could help to explain the genetic
or epigenetic basis of the presumably induced adaptation. The
H0-plants evaluated under greenhouse conditions showed an
improved salt tolerance with respect to the SC0 plants in terms
of fruit yield, shoot biomass, leafwater content, regulation of the
toxic ions (Na+, Cl−) and K+ concentrations.