The halophytes are highly specialized plants, which have greater tolerance tosalt. 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 a 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 without regulating mechanism, which may include succulents or cumulative types. Besides that they protect coasts from erosion and cyclones, provide feeding ground and nursery for fish, shrimps and birds. Ecophysiology of plants adapted to saline areas Halophytes useful for desalinisation of soil Salt tolerant grasses that survive in desert regions Seed germination strategies of salt tolerant plants Halophytic turfs for golf utilizing saline irrigation up to seawater salinity Halophytes for floriculture INDICE: From the contents 1. How salts of sodium, potassium and sulfate affect the germination and early growth of Atriplex acanthocarpa (Chenopodiaceae).- 2. Halophyte eed germination.- 3. Salt tolerance of some potential forage grasses of Cholistan desert of Pakistan.- 4. Variability of fruit and seed-oilcharacteristics in Tunisian accessions of the halophyte Cakile maritima (Brassicaceae).- 5. Salt tolerant plants from the great basin region of the United States.- 6. Role of calcium in alleviating salinity effects in coastal halophytes.- 7. Calorespirometric metabolism and growth in response to seasonal changes in temperature and salt.- 8. Evaluation of anthocyanin contents under salinity (NaCl) stress in Bellis perennis L.- 9. A comparative study on responses of growth and solute composition in halophytes Suaeda salsa and Limonium bicolor to salinity.- 10. Alleviation of salinity stress of some Brassica species.- 11. Saline tolerance physiology in grasses.
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-9298-5
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 402
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés