Prospects for Saline Agriculture

Saline land is a resource capable of significant production. Recent advances in research in breeding for salt tolerance in wheat, biotechnology in rice, and selection and rehabilitation of salt-tolerant plants are of economic importance in arid/saline conditions.
This book gives some practical approaches for saline agriculture and afforestation, and describes examples of cultivating salt-tolerant/halophytic plants for commercial interest on salt-affected land or with highly salinized water in Australia, China, Central Asia, Egypt, Pakistan, and Russia. It also explores the possibilities of arid/saline agriculture and afforestation in UAE.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

From the contents:
Foreword.- Introduction by Series Editor.- Preface.- Concept Papers.- Regional Papers.- Cereals. Wheat.- RICE.- Millet.- Other Crops.- Forestry.- Halophytes.-General.- Mangrove.- Key words Index.- Author Index.

Zusammenfassung

Saline land is a resource capable of significant production. Recent advances in research in breeding for salt tolerance in wheat, biotechnology in rice, and selection and rehabilitation of salt-tolerant plants are of economic importance in arid/saline conditions.
This book gives some practical approaches for saline agriculture and afforestation, and describes examples of cultivating salt-tolerant/halophytic plants for commercial interest on salt-affected land or with highly salinized water in Australia, China, Central Asia, Egypt, Pakistan, and Russia. It also explores the possibilities of arid/saline agriculture and afforestation in UAE.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: A Malik (Herausgeber), A Malik (Herausgeber), Ahmad (Herausgeber), R Ahmad (Herausgeber), R. Ahmad (Herausgeber), K. A. Malik (Herausgeber), K.A. Malik (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.07.2009
• EAN: 9781402006203
• ISBN: 978-1-4020-0620-3
• Seiten: 460
• Gewicht: 1134 g
• Illustration: XVII, 460 p.
• Serien: Tasks for Vegetation Science; Tasks for Vegetation Science
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Botanik; C, Botanik und Pflanzenwissenschaften, Ökologie, Biosphäre, Forstwirtschaft und Waldbau: Praxis und Techniken, Bodenkunde und Bodenmanagement, Botany, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Plant Ecology, Plant Physiology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Forestry, Soil Science, Soil Science & Conservation, Plant Science, Plant Sciences, Plant biology, Botany and plant sciences, Forestry and silviculture: practice and techniques, Soil science and management