Prospects for Saline Agriculture [Paperback]

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.

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.

Foreword. Introduction by Series Editor. Preface. Concept Papers. 1. Prospects for saline agriculture in Pakistan: Today and Tomorrow; K.A. Malik. 2. Salt of the earth: time to take it seriously; E.G. Barrett-Lennard. Regional Papers. 3. Ecological conservation and reclamation of arid/saline lands under agricultural system development in Kyzulkum deserts of Uzbekistan; K.N. Toderich, lÃâ