Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants (Paperback)

Contributing authors.- Preface.- Foreword.- 1. How salts of sodium, potassium and sulfate affect the germination and early growth of Atriplex acanthocarpa (Chenopodiaceae); B. Gaylord, T. Egan.- 2. Halophyte eed germination; M.A. Khan, B. Gul.- 3. Salt tolerance of some potential forage grasses of Cholistan desert of Pakistan; M. Ashraf et al.- 4. Variability of fruit and seed-oil characteristics in Tunisian accessions of the halophyte Cakile maritima (Brassicaceae); M.A. Ghars et al.- 5. Salt tolerant plants from the great basin region of the United States; D.J. Weber, J. Hanks.- 6. Role of calcium in alleviating salinity effects in coastal halophytes; B. Gul, M.A. Khan.- 7. Calorespirometric metabolism and growth in response to seasonal changes in temperature and salt; B.N. Smith et al.- 8. Evaluation of anthocyanin contents under salinity (NaCl) stress in Bellis perennis L.; R.A. Khavari-Nejad et al.- 9. A comparative study on responses of growth and solute composition in halophytes Suaeda salsa and Limonium bicolor to salinity; X. Liu et al.- 10. Alleviation of salinity stress of some Brassica species; M. Ozturk et al.- 11. Saline tolerance physiology in grasses; K.B. Marcum.- 12. Localization of potential ion transport pathways in thesalt glands of the halophyte Sporobolus virginicus; Y. Naidoo, G. Naidoo.- 13. Cellular responses to salinity of two coastal halophytes with different whole plant tolerance: Kosteletzkya virginica (L.) Presl.and Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth; X. Li et al.- 14. Eco-physiological studies on Indian desert plants: effect of salt on antioxidant defense systems in Ziziphus spp.; N. Sankhla et al.- 15. Sabkha edge vegetation of coastal and inland sabkhat in Saudi Arabia; H.-J. Barth.- 16. Analysis of the soil conditions in salt grass (Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene) wild populations in semiarid coastal zone of Mexico; A. Escobar-Hernandez et al.- 17. Comparative salt tolerance of perennial grasses; S. Gulzar, M.A. Khan.- 18. Commercial application of halophytic turfs for golf and landscape developments utilizing hyper-saline irrigation; M. DePew, P.H. Tillman.- 19. Salt tolerance of floriculture crops; C.T. Carter, C.M. Grieve.- 20. Utilization of salt-affected soils by growing some Acacia species; M.Y. Ashraf et al.- 21. Soil remediation via salt-conduction and the hypotheses of halosynthesis and photoprotection; N.P. Yensen, K.Y. Biel.-22. Mechanism of cash crop halophytes to maintain yields and reclaim saline soils in arid areas; H.-W. Koyro et al.- 23. Halophyte uses for the twenty-first century; N.P. Yensen.- 24. Halophyte research and development: What needs to be done next? B. Boer.