Prospects for Saline Agriculture

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Prospects for Saline Agriculture in Pakistan: Today and Tomorrow....Pages 1-6
Salt of the earth: time to take it seriously....Pages 7-17
Ecological conservation and reclamation of arid/saline lands under agricultural system development in Kyzylkum deserts of Uzbekistan....Pages 19-28
Biogeocenotic principles and methods of degraded pastures phytomelioration in Central Asia and Russia....Pages 29-35
A study on salt pollution cycle of cultivated land between drainage and irrigation in the main stream of Tarim River, Xinjiang, China....Pages 37-42
Desert forages of the Arabian Peninsula — the sustainable use of salt affected soils through conservation and evaluation....Pages 43-56
Use of saline drainage water for irrigation, reclamation and cultivation of new land areas in Sinai Peninsula....Pages 57-67
Conventional and alien genetic diversity for salt tolerant wheats: focus on current status and new germplasm development....Pages 69-82
Recent advances in the development of salinity and waterlogging tolerant bread wheats....Pages 83-99
Development/selection of salinity and waterlogging tolerant wheat genotypes....Pages 101-112
Exploitation of genetic variation for improvement of salt tolerance in spring wheat....Pages 113-121
 Aegilops ovata : a potential gene source for improvement of salt tolerance of wheat....Pages 123-130
Tissue ion content of wheat and maize irrigated with blended and alternate use of canal and tubewell water....Pages 131-137
Genes inducing salt tolerance in wheat, Lophopyrum elongatum and amphiploid and their responses to ABA under salt stress....Pages 139-144
Effect of ABA seed pre-treatment on the response of wheat ( Tritium aesitivum L.) to salinity, with special reference to plant growth, ion relations and protein patterns....Pages 145-153
Salt acclimation of wheat salt sensitive cultivar by polyamines....Pages 155-160
Effects of salinity and pH on ion uptake in SARC-1 wheat under hydroponic conditions....Pages 161-166
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Bangladesh indica for conferring salt tolerance....Pages 167-176
Causes of sterility in rice under salinity stress....Pages 177-187
Rice cultivation in saline soils....Pages 189-192
Effect of brackish water on growth and nutrient contents of Bajra ( Pennisetum typhoideum L.)....Pages 193-197
Intra-specific variation for salt tolerance in cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.)....Pages 199-207
Reproductive physiology of cotton under saline conditions....Pages 209-214
Fodder beet “A new fodder crop for salt affected lands of Pakistan”....Pages 215-229
Genotypic Behavior of Lentil ( Lens culinaris Medik) towards Salinity....Pages 231-235
Salt tolerance potential in some members of Brassicaceae physiological studies on water relations and mineral contents....Pages 237-245
Quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa Willd.), a potential new crop for Pakistan....Pages 247-249
Comparative performance of different Canola varieties under various salinity regimes....Pages 251-260
Farm forestry options for saline environments....Pages 261-268
The utilization of highly saline water in planting and vegetable growing in desert hinterland....Pages 269-276
Growth, ion uptake, agro-industrial uses and environmental implications of Eucalyptus camaldulensis in saline systems....Pages 277-285
Economic use of degraded land and brackish water by growing salt tolerant trees....Pages 287-295
Effect of salt stress on Rhizobium and growth of Acacia ampliceps ....Pages 297-308
Developing Cash Crops from Halophytes....Pages 309-319
New developments in the world of saline agriculture....Pages 321-332
Halophytic characteristics and potential uses of Allenrolfea occidentalis ....Pages 333-352
 Arthrocnemum macrostachyum : a potential case for agriculture using above seawater salinity....Pages 353-364
Salt tolerance in Salicornia rubra from a salt playa of Great Basin Desert....Pages 365-375
Plant and soil relationship in different halophytic communities....Pages 377-383
Role of saltbush ( Atriplex Spp .) in animal production systems of Mediterranean climate....Pages 385-401
Growth and mineral nutrition of some halophytes under seawater irrigation....Pages 403-410
Cropping of Glycyrrhiza Glabra o n the secondary salinity soils....Pages 411-414
Demonstration of Biosaline Agriculture for fodder production....Pages 415-422
On-farm seed priming: a key technology for improving the livelihoods of resource-poor farmers on saline lands....Pages 423-431
Role Of Soil Amendments In Saline Agriculture....Pages 433-438
Establishment of field nursery for cultivation of mangroves at Miani Hor, Pakistan....Pages 439-446
Copper contamination in Indus Delta mangroves of Karachi....Pages 447-455
Back Matter....Pages 457-460