Towards the rational use of high salinity tolerant plants Vol. 2 Agr
The Symposium on high salinity tolerant plants, held at the University of Al Ain in December 1990, dealt primarily with plants tolerating salinity levels exceeding that of ocean water and which at the same time are promising for utilization in agriculture
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Tasks for vegetation science 28
HELMUT LIETH University of Osnabriick, F.R. G.
Series Editors
HAROLD A. MOONEY Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., U.S.A.
Towards the rational use of high salinity tolerant plants Voi. 2 Agriculture and forestry under marginal soil water conditions
Proceedings of the Jirst ASWAS conference December 8-15, 1990 at the United Arab Emirates University Al Ain, United Arab Emirates Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan
edited by HELMUT LIETH University of Osnabruck, Germany
and AHMED A. AL MASOOM University ofthe United Arab Emirates, Al Ain, UAE
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ASWAS Conference (lst : 1990 : Al Ain University) Towards the rational use of high salinity tolerant plants. (Tasks for vegetation science ; 27-28) "Held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al Nahyan." Includes index. Contents: v. 1. Deliberations about high salinity tolerant plants and ecosystems -- v. 2. Agriculture and forestry under marginal soil water conditions. 1. Salt-tolerant crops--Congresses. 1. Lieth, Helmut. II. Al Masoom, Ahmed. III. Title. SB317.S25A89 1990 631.5'8 92-22601 ISBN 978-94-010-4822-4 ISBN 978-94-011-1860-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-1860-6
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Table of Contents Preface to Volume 2 of the AI Ain Symposium
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Quotations of the Sheiks
xi
General studies for the improvement of salinity tolerance of plants Physiological responses of crops to sea water: Minimizing constraints that limit yield by M.e. Shannon, F.N. Dalton & S.F. El-Sayed
3
Plant responses to drought and salinity stresses by L. Boersma, Yongsheng Feng & Xiaomei Li
13
Utilization of Triticeae for improving salt tolerance in wheat by J. Gorham & R.G. Hiyn Jones
27
A practical approach to improving salinity tolerance in winter cereals by S. Jana
35
Control of wheat leaf growth under saline conditions by H. Arif & A.D. Tomos
45
Salt tolerant Rhizobia from wild legumes and nitrogen fixation in groundnut in semiarid tropics by L. V. Gangawane & P.B. Salve
53
Growing different field crops under high salinity levels and utilization of genetically engineered Rhizobia and Azotobacter salt and drought tolerant strains by M. T. El-Saidi & A.M.M. Ali
59
Effects of salinity on plant diseases development by M. Besri
67
Isozymes in population genetic studies by H. Hurka
75
Improvement of salt tolerance in plants by in vitro selection at the cellular level by J. Bouharmont, N. Beloualy & V. van Sint Jan
83
Field studies to a
