Biosaline Agriculture and High Salinity Tolerance

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Survival at extreme locations: Life strategies of halophytes - The long way from system ecology, whole plant physiology, cell biochemistry and molecular aspects back to sustainable utilization at field sites....Pages 1-20
Growth enhancement in two potential cereal crops, maize and wheat, by exogenous applicationation of glycinebetaine....Pages 21-35
 In vitro tissue culture approaches for the study of salt stress in citrus....Pages 37-42
Seawater effects on antioxidant production in berries of three cultivars of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum mill.)....Pages 43-51
Identification of morphological, biochemical and physiological parameters for characterizing nutritional stress status in arboreous species differently tolerant to chlorosis....Pages 53-60
Seawater irrigation: Effects on growth and nutrient uptake of sunflower plants....Pages 61-69
Diversity in the response of two potential halophytes ( Batis maritima and Crithmum maritimum ) to salt stress....Pages 71-80
Differential effects of sodium salts on the germination of a native halophytic species from South America: Prosopis strombulifera (Lam.) Benth....Pages 81-90
Growth and nitrogen-fixing performances of medicago truncatula-Sinorhizobium meliloti symbioses under salt (NaCl) stress: Micro- and macro-symbiont contribution into symbiosis tolerance....Pages 91-98
Physiological responses of two arabidopsis thaliana isolates, N 1438 and Col , to different salts....Pages 99-105
Physiology of salt tolerance in Atriplex halimus L.....Pages 107-114
Comparison of salinity tolerance of two related subspecies of Beta vulgaris : The sea beet ( Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima ) and the sugar beet ( Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris )....Pages 115-129
Salinity influence on soil microbial population metabolism and enzymatic activities in lysimeter-grown Olea europaea and Nicotiana glauca ....Pages 131-139
Halophyte plant diversity in the Irano-Turanian phytogeographical region of Turkey....Pages 141-155
Potential use of halophytes with emphasis on fodder production in coastal areas of Pakistan....Pages 157-162
Role of seed banks in the dynamics of desert communities....Pages 163-175
Study of kochia ( Kochia scoparia ) as a forage crop....Pages 177-195
Biodiversity of plant species and adaptation to drought and salt conditions. Selection of species for sustainable reforestation activity to combat desertification....Pages 197-206
Potentiality of salt marshes in Mediterranean coastal zone of Egypt....Pages 207-219
Studies on the halophyte desert vegetation in the Northern Caspian Region (Caspian Lowland and Mangyshlak)....Pages 221-232
Halophyte utilization for biodiversity and productivity of degraded pasture restoration in arid regions of Central Asia and Russia....Pages 233-240
Selection of a halophyte that could be used in the bioreclamation of salt-affected soils in arid and semi-arid regions....Pages 241-246
New approaches for biosaline agriculture development, management and conservation of sandy desert ecosystems....Pages 247-264
Computer supported system for the risk assessment and action recommendation for the water objects in Uzbekistan based on the already developed databank....Pages 265-272
Functional genomics to discover genes for salt tolerance in annual and perennial plants....Pages 273-286
Molecular analyses of a dehydration-related gene from the DREB family in durum, wheat and triticale....Pages 287-295
Expression analysis of salt stress responsive genes in grapevines....Pages 297-303
Molecular biology and transport properties of grapevine Na + /H + antiporter....Pages 305-315
Opposite lipid signaling pathways tightly control proline accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana and Thellungiella halophila ....Pages 317-324
Cadmium and copper genotoxicity in plants....Pages 325-333
Effect of salinity on growth, leaf-phenolic content and antioxidant scavenging activity in Cynara cardunculus L.....Pages 335-343
Contributions to the 2006 meeting on sustainable utilization of cash crop halophytes in Tunis....Pages 345-361
Back Matter....Pages 363-367