there were no significant differences in terms of germination rates between WT and MlNAC5 overexpression seeds under normal growth conditions. Under 50 mM NaCl treatment, the germination rates of MlNAC5 overexpression lines and WT exhibited no significant differences. When exposed to 100 mM NaCl treatment, approximately 60–70 % of MlNAC5 overexpression seeds germinated, whereas the germination rate of WT seeds was much higher, reaching to 95 % at day 10. Under 150 mM NaCltreatment, only 10–15 % seeds of MlNAC5-overexpression lines germinated, while the germination rate of WT seed reached to approximately 90 %.