Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants

1. Front Matter

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2. How Salts Of Sodium, Potassium, And Sulfate Affect The Germination And Early Growth Of Atriplex Acanthocarpa (Chenopodiaceae)

   • Barrett Gaylord, Todd P. Egan

   Pages 1-9

3. Halophyte seed germination

   • M. Ajmal Khan, Bilquees Gul

   Pages 11-30

4. Salt Tolerance Of Some Potential Forage Grasses From Cholistan Desert Of Pakistan

   • Mohammad Ashraf, Mansoor Hameed, Mohammad Arshad, Yasin Ashraf, K. Akhtar

   Pages 31-54

5. Variability Of Fruit And Seed-Oil Characteristics In Tunisian Accessions Of The Halophyte Cakile Maritima (Brassicaceae)

   • Mohamed Ali Ghars, Almed Debez, Abderrazzak Smaoui, Moktar Zarrouk, Claude Grignon, Chedly Abdelly

   Pages 55-67

6. Salt Tolerant Plants from the Great Basin Region of the United States

   • Darrell J. Weber, Joseph Hanks

   Pages 69-106

7. Role Of Calcium In Alleviating Salinity Effects In Coastal Halophytes

   • Bilquees Gul, M. Ajmal Khan

   Pages 107-114

8. Calorespirometric Metabolism And Growth In Response To Seasonal Changes Of Temperature And Salt

   • Bruce N. Smith, Lyneen C. Harris, Emily A. Keller, Bilquees Gul, M. Ajmal Khan, Lee D. Hansen

   Pages 115-125

9. Evaluation Of Anthocyanin Contents Under Salinity (Nacl) Stress In Bellis Perennis L.

   • R. A. Khavari-Nejad, M. Bujar, E. Attaran

   Pages 127-134

10. A Comparative Study On Responses Of Growth And Solute Composition In Halophytes Suaeda Salsa And Limonium Bicolor To Salinity

    • Xiaojing Liu, Deyu Duan, Weiqiang Li, T. Tadano, M. Ajmal Khan

    Pages 135-143

11. Alleviation Of Salinity Stress In The Seeds Of Some Brassica Species

    • M. ÖZturk, S. Baslar, Y. Dogan, M. S. Sakcali

    Pages 145-156

12. Saline Tolerance Physiology In Grasses

    • Kenneth B. Marcum

    Pages 157-172

13. Localization Of Potential Ion Transport Pathways In The Salt Glands Of The Halophyte Sporobolus Virginicus

    • Y. Naidoo, G. Naidoo

    Pages 173-185

14. Cellular Responses To Salinity Of Two Coastal Halophytes With Different Whole Plant Tolerance: Kosteletzkya Virginica (L.) Presl. And Sporobolus Virginicus (L.) Kunth

    • Xianggan Li, Denise M. Seliskar, John L. Gallagher

    Pages 187-200

15. Eco-Physiological Studies On Indian Desert Plants: Effect Of Salt On Antioxidant Defense Systems In Ziziphus Spp

    • N. Sankhla, H. S. Gehlot, R. Choudhary, S. Joshi, R. Dinesh

    Pages 201-213

16. Sabkha Edge Vegetation Of Coastal And Inland Sabkhat In Saudi Arabia

    • Hans-JöRg Barth

    Pages 215-224

17. Analysis Of The Soil Sustaining Salt Grass (Distichlis Spicata (L.) Greene) Wild Populations In A Semiarid Coastal Zone Of Mexico

    • A. Escobar-HernÁNdez, E. Troyo-DiÉGuez, J. L. GarcÍA-HernÁNdez, H. HernÁNdez-Contreras, B. Murillo-Amador, L. Fenech-Larios et al.

    Pages 225-237

18. Comparative Salt Tolerance Of Perennial Grasses

    • Salman Gulzar, M. Ajmal Khan

    Pages 239-253

19. Commercial Application Of Halophytic Turfs For Golf And Landscape Developments Utilizing Hyper-Saline Irrigation

    • M. W. Depew, P. H. Tillman

    Pages 255-278

20. Salt Tolerance Of Floriculture Crops

    • Christy T. Carter, Catherine M. Grieve

    Pages 279-287

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.

• Brassicaceae
• Chenopodiaceae
• Transport
• environment
• erosion
• physiology
• soil
• vegetation

• Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

  M. Ajmal Khan

• Dept. of Integrated Biology, Brigham Young University, Karachi, USA

  Darrell J. Weber

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