Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants
This volume presents new and additional information about the physiology and ecology of halophytic plant species and saline ecosystems. The halophytes are highly specialized plants, which have greater tolerance to salt. They can germinate, grow and reprod
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Tasks for Vegetation Science 40 SERIES EDITOR H. Lieth, University of Osnabrück, Germany H.A. Mooney, • Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
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Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants
Edited by M. AJMAL KHAN University of Karachi, Pakistan and DARRELL J. WEBER Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, U.S.A.
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ISBN 978-1-4020-9298-5 (PB) ISBN 978-1-4020-4017-7 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020- 4018-4 (e - book)
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Dedication of this volume We wish to dedicate this volume to the many scientists who are involved in the research of high saline tolerant plants. It is through their effort that our knowledge of the mechanisms of saline tolerance is being understood. They are the ones who find high saline tolerant plants and evaluate their possible value in reclamation and economic use.
Contents
Dedication
v
Contributing Authors
xi
Preface
xv
Foreword
xvii
1.
How salts of sodium, potassium, and sulfate affect the germination and early growth of Atriplex acanthocarpa (Chenopodiaceae) B. GAYLORD AND T.P. EGAN
1
2.
Halophyte seed germination M.A. KHAN AND B. GUL
11
3.
Salt tolerance of some potential forage grasses from Cholistan desert of Pakistan M. ASHRAF, M. HAMEED, M. ARSHAD, M.Y. ASHRAF AND K. AKHTAR
31
4.
Variability of fruit and seed-oil characteristics in Tunisian accessions of the halophyte Cakile maritima (Brassicaceae) M.A. GHARS, A. DEBEZ, A. SMAOUI, M. ZARROUK, C. GRIGNON AND C. ABDELLY
55
5.
Salt tolerant plants from the great basin region of the United States D.J. WEBER AND J. HANKS
69
6.
Role of calcium in alleviating salinity effects in coastal halophytes B. GUL AND M.A. KHAN
107
7.
Calorespirometric metabolism and growth in response to seasonal changes of temperature and salt B.N. SMITH, L.C. HARRIS, E.A. KELLER, B. GUL, M.A. KHAN AND L.D. HANSEN
115
8.
Evaluation of anthocyanin contents under salinity (NaCl) stress in Bellis perennis L. R.A. KHAVARI-NEJAD, M. BUJAR AND E. ATTARAN
127
viii
A comparative study on responses of growth and solute composition in halophytes Suaeda salsa and Limonium bicolor to salinity X. LIU, D. DUAN, W. LI, T. TADANO AND M.A. KHAN
135
10. Alleviation of salinity stress in the seeds of some Brassica species
145
9.
M. ÖZTURK, S. BASLAR, Y. DOGAN AND M.S. SAKCALI 11. Saline tolerance physiology in grasses
157
K.B. MARCUM 12. Localization of potential ion transport pathways in the salt glands
173
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