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Prospects for Saline Agriculture

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Editors:
  1. R. Ahmad

    1. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

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  2. K. A. Malik

    1. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan

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Part of the book series: Tasks for Vegetation Science (TAVS, volume 37)

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Table of contents (47 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Concept Papers

    1. Prospects for Saline Agriculture in Pakistan: Today and Tomorrow

      • Kauser A. Malik
      Pages 1-6

    2. Salt of the earth: time to take it seriously

      • E. G. Barrett-Lennard
      Pages 7-17

  3. Regional Papers

    1. Ecological conservation and reclamation of arid/saline lands under agricultural system development in Kyzylkum deserts of Uzbekistan

      • K. N. Toderich, T. Tsukatani, R. I. Goldshtein, V. B. Aparin, A. A. Ashurmetov
      Pages 19-28

    2. Biogeocenotic principles and methods of degraded pastures phytomelioration in Central Asia and Russia

      • Z. Sh. Shamsutdinov, N. Z. Shamsutdinov
      Pages 29-35

    3. A study on salt pollution cycle of cultivated land between drainage and irrigation in the main stream of Tarim River, Xinjiang, China

      • Ji Fang, Ma Yingjie, Fan Zili
      Pages 37-42

    4. Desert forages of the Arabian Peninsula — the sustainable use of salt affected soils through conservation and evaluation

      • J. M. Peacock, M. E. Ferguson, G. Al-Hadrami, A. Saleh, I. R. McCann, A. Dakheel
      Pages 43-56

    5. Use of saline drainage water for irrigation, reclamation and cultivation of new land areas in Sinai Peninsula

      • Mohamed Talaat El-Saidi
      Pages 57-67

  4. Cereals

    1. Conventional and alien genetic diversity for salt tolerant wheats: focus on current status and new germplasm development

      • Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi, Jose Luis Diaz De Leon
      Pages 69-82

    2. Recent advances in the development of salinity and waterlogging tolerant bread wheats

      • P. A. Hollington, J. Akhtar, R. Aragüés, Z. Hussain, A. R. Mahar, S. A. Quarrie et al.
      Pages 83-99

    3. Development/selection of salinity and waterlogging tolerant wheat genotypes

      • J. Akhtar, S. Nawaz, R. H. Qureshi, M. Aslam, M. Saqib
      Pages 101-112

    4. Exploitation of genetic variation for improvement of salt tolerance in spring wheat

      • M. Ashraf
      Pages 113-121

    5. Aegilops ovata: a potential gene source for improvement of salt tolerance of wheat

      • Shafqat Farooq
      Pages 123-130

    6. Tissue ion content of wheat and maize irrigated with blended and alternate use of canal and tubewell water

      • M. I. Lone
      Pages 131-137

    7. Genes inducing salt tolerance in wheat, Lophopyrum elongatum and amphiploid and their responses to ABA under salt stress

      • Maher M. Noaman, J. Dvorak, J. M. Dong
      Pages 139-144

    8. Effect of ABA seed pre-treatment on the response of wheat (Tritium aesitivum L.) to salinity, with special reference to plant growth, ion relations and protein patterns

      • J. Din, T. J. Flowers
      Pages 145-153

    9. Salt acclimation of wheat salt sensitive cultivar by polyamines

      • M. M. F. Mansour, M. M. Al-Mutawa, K. H. A. Salama, A. M. F. Abou Hadid
      Pages 155-160

    10. Effects of salinity and pH on ion uptake in SARC-1 wheat under hydroponic conditions

      • Manzoor Ahmad
      Pages 161-166

  5. Rice

    1. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Bangladesh indica for conferring salt tolerance

      • Zeba I. Seraj, M. Bakhtiar Hossain, Noorain M. Rasul, Hasina Akhter, Haseena Khan, Shamim Hossain et al.
      Pages 167-176

    2. Causes of sterility in rice under salinity stress

      • Zaibunnisa Abdullah, Mushtaq A. Khan, T. J. Flowers
      Pages 177-187
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

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

    R. Ahmad

  • Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan

    K. A. Malik

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Prospects for Saline Agriculture

  • Editors: R. Ahmad, K. A. Malik

  • Series Title: Tasks for Vegetation Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0067-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0620-3Published: 31 July 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6019-8Published: 23 January 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0067-2Published: 09 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0167-9406

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-130X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 460

  • Topics: Plant Ecology, Plant Physiology, Forestry, Plant Sciences, Soil Science & Conservation

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