Halophytes for Food Security in Dry Lands

This book discusses the use of saline agriculture as a solution to food security, especially focusing on the regions of the world where climates are arid and extremely dry

Muhammad Ajmal Khan (Author), Munir Ozturk (Author), Bilquees Gul (Author), Muhammad Zaheer Ahmed (Author)

9780128018545

Paperback, published 18 September 2015

360 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.3 cm, 0.66 kg

Approx.338 pages

1. Characterization and function of sodium exchanger genes in Aeluropus lagopoides under NaCl stress

2. Multi-temporal soil salinity assessment at very detailed scale for discriminating halophytes distribution

3. Nutritional value of Chenopodium quinoa seeds grown under saline conditions

4. Halophytes and saline vegetation of Afghanistan, a potential rich source for people

5. Overcoming barriers to implementing high salinity agriculture in the Gulf

6. Carbon mitigation: a salt marsh ecosystem service in times of change

7. Exploiting plants from extreme environments: world enough, but perhaps not time

8. The importance of mangrove ecosystems for nature protection and food productivity: Action of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme

9. The Potential Use of Halophytes for the Development of Marginal Dry Areas in Morocco

10. Transcriptome and proteome analysis of genes involved in salt tolerance in the halophyte Suaeda fruticosa

11. Sustainable diversity of crops – livestock production system based on optimal utilization in Sinai: A case study

12. Cell suspension culture of the halophyte Cakile maritima: Establishment and response to salinity

13. Exogenous chemical treatments to improve salt tolerance of cash crop halophytes

14. Food and water security for Qatar: a new paradigm

15. Genetic and environmental management of halophytes for improved livestock production

16. Drought and salinity differently affect germination of "Chenopodium quinoa Willd"

17. Plant community and germination of selected halophytes of Sundarbans mangrove forest and diversity

18. Halophytic Plant Diversity of a Unique Habitat in Turkey – Tuzluca Salt Mine Cave

19. Halophytes a possible alternative to desalination plants: prospects of recycling saline wastewater during Coal Seam Gas operations

Subject Areas: Agricultural engineering & machinery [TVD], Life sciences: general issues [PSA]