Conversely, a flush of rain water can push the salts down and with reduced evaporation, they???d stay down there.???Plants go into ???drought stress??? when they???re salt-affected,??? Wick said. ???Their roots aren???t able to take up water with the salts in them.??? Some crops, such as wheat and barley, are less affected by salt than crops such as corn and soybeans.Sodicity is an entirely differ