Salinity and Aridity: New Approaches to Old Problems

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Salinity and Aridity New Approaches to Old Problems....Pages 3-22
Vegetation and Salinity....Pages 23-42
Aridity and Salinity....Pages 43-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Basic Ecological Principles of Plant Growing by Irrigation with Highly Saline or Sea-Water....Pages 131-200
Plant Growth under Saline Conditions and the Balance of the Ionic Environment....Pages 201-213
Experiments of Plant Growing under Irrigation with Saline Waters from 2000 MG/Litre T.D.S. (Total Diluted Solids) Up to Sea-Water of OCEANIC Concentration, without Desalination....Pages 214-282
Experiments on the Basis of the Principle of the “Balance of Ionic Environment’“....Pages 283-293
Irrigation with Saline Water in Puglia....Pages 294-313
Effect of Sea-Water and its Dilutions on Some Soil Characteristics....Pages 314-322
Effect of Sea-Water Dilutions and its Amendments on Tobacco....Pages 323-330
Diluted Sea-Water as a Suitable Medium for Animals and Plants, with Special Reference to Cladocera and Agropyron Junceum Boreoatlanticum Simon. & Guin.....Pages 331-356
Salinity Problems....Pages 357-363
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
The Flora and Fauna of the Great Salt Lake Region, Utah....Pages 367-393
Back Matter....Pages 394-408