Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants (eBook)

M. Ajmal Khan, Darrell J. Weber (Herausgeber)

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2006
XVII, 399 Seiten
Springer Netherlands (Verlag)
978-1-4020-4018-4 (ISBN)

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The halophytes are highly specialized plants, which have greater tolerance to salt. They can germinate, grow and reproduce successfully in saline areas which would cause the death of regular plants. Most halophytic species are found in salt marsh systems along seashores or around landlocked inland lakes and flat plains with high evaporation. The halophytes play very significant role in the saline areas specially in the coast by overcoming the salinity in different ways, viz. with regulating mechanisms in which excess salts are excreted and with out regulating mechanism, which may include succulents or cumulative types. Besides that they protect coast from erosion and cyclones, provide feeding ground and nursery for fish, shrimps and birds. Halophytes get increasing attention today because of the steady increase of the salinity in irrigation systems in the arid and semi-arid regions where the increasing population reaches the limits of freshwater availability. In many countries, halophytes have been successfully grown on saline wasteland to provide animal fodder and have the potential for rehabilitation and even reclamation of these sites. The value of certain salt-tolerant grass species has been recognized by their incorporation in pasture improvement programs in many salt affected regions throughout the world. There have been recent advances in selecting species with high biomass and protein levels in combination with their ability to survive a wide range of environmental conditions, including salinity.

Inhalt

Contents 7
Contributing Authors 10
Preface 13
Foreword 15
HOW SALTS OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM, AND SULFATE AFFECT THE GERMINATION AND EARLY GROWTH OF ATRIPLEX ACANTHOCARPA ( CHENOPODIACEAE) 16
HALOPHYTE SEED GERMINATION 25
SALT TOLERANCE OF SOME POTENTIAL FORAGE GRASSES FROM CHOLISTAN DESERT OF PAKISTAN 45
VARIABILITY OF FRUIT AND SEED-OIL CHARACTERISTICS IN TUNISIAN ACCESSIONS OF THE HALOPHYTE CAKILE MARITIMA ( BRASSICACEAE) 69
SALT TOLERANT PLANTS FROM THE GREAT BASIN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES 82
ROLE OF CALCIUM IN ALLEVIATING SALINITY EFFECTS IN COASTAL HALOPHYTES 120
CALORESPIROMETRIC METABOLISM AND GROWTH IN RESPONSE TO SEASONAL CHANGES OF TEMPERATURE AND SALT 128
EVALUATION OF ANTHOCYANIN CONTENTS UNDER SALINITY ( NACL) STRESS IN BELLIS PERENNIS L. 139
A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON RESPONSES OF GROWTH AND SOLUTE COMPOSITION IN HALOPHYTES SUAEDA SALSA AND LIMONIUM BICOLOR TO SALINITY 147
ALLEVIATION OF SALINITY STRESS IN THE SEEDS OF SOME BRASSICA SPECIES 156
SALINE TOLERANCE PHYSIOLOGY IN GRASSES 168
LOCALIZATION OF POTENTIAL ION TRANSPORT PATHWAYS IN THE SALT GLANDS OF THE HALOPHYTE SPOROBOLUS VIRGINICUS 184
CELLULAR RESPONSES TO SALINITY OF TWO COASTAL HALOPHYTES WITH DIFFERENT WHOLE PLANT TOLERANCE: KOSTELETZKYA VIRGINICA ( L.) PRESL. AND SPOROBOLUS VIRGINICUS ( L.) KUNTH 197
ECO-PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON INDIAN DESERT PLANTS: EFFECT OF SALT ON ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE SYSTEMS IN ZIZIPHUS SPP. 211
SABKHA EDGE VEGETATION OF COASTAL AND INLAND SABKHAT IN SAUDI ARABIA 224
ANALYSIS OF THE SOIL SUSTAINING SALT GRASS ( DISTICH I L S SPICATA ( L.) GREENE) WILD POPULATIONS IN A SEMIARID COASTAL ZONE OF MEXICO 234
COMPARATIVE SALT TOLERANCE OF PERENNIAL GRASSES 247
COMMERCIAL APPLICATION OF HALOPHYTIC TURFS FOR GOLF AND LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENTS UTILIZING HYPER- SALINE IRRIGATION 262
SALT TOLERANCE OF FLORICULTURE CROPS 286
UTILIZATION OF SALT-AFFECTED SOILS BY GROWING SOME ACACIA SPECIES 295
SOIL REMEDIATION VIA SALT-CONDUCTION AND THE HYPOTHESES OF HALOSYNTHESIS AND PHOTOPROTECTION 318
MECHANISMS OF CASH CROP HALOPHYTES TO MAINTAIN YIELDS AND RECLAIM SALINE SOILS IN ARID AREAS 350
HALOPHYTE USES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 372
HALOPHYTE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NEXT ? 402

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.5.2006
• Reihe/Serie: Tasks for Vegetation Science
• Reihe/Serie: Tasks for Vegetation Science
• Zusatzinfo: XVIII, 404 p.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Brassicaceae • Chenopodiaceae • Environment • Erosion • Physiology • Soil • Transport • Vegetation
• ISBN-10: 1-4020-4018-0 / 1402040180
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-4018-4 / 9781402040184