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.

List of contents

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: A Malik (Editor), A Malik (Editor), Ahmad (Editor), R Ahmad (Editor), R. Ahmad (Editor), K. A. Malik (Editor), K.A. Malik (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2009
• EAN: 9781402006203
• ISBN: 978-1-4020-0620-3
• No. of pages: 460
• Weight: 1134 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 460 p.
• Series: Tasks for Vegetation Science; Tasks for Vegetation Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; 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