Towards the rational use of high salinity tolerant plants: Vol. 1 Deliberations about High Salinity Tolerant Plants and Ecosystems

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Seawater irrigation studies in the United Arab Emirates — an introduction to the Al Ain Conference....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Geomorphological and climatic setting and the development of mangrove forests....Pages 13-20
Halophytes in China: Floristic distribution and vegetation type....Pages 21-34
A contribution to the halophytic vegetation and flora of Iran....Pages 35-44
Environmental aspects of geographical distribution of mangrove in the United Arab Emirates....Pages 45-58
Characteristics of mangrove soils and vegetation of Bay Islands in India....Pages 59-80
Environment and vegetation of Sundarban mangrove forest....Pages 81-88
Rehabilitation and management of mangrove forests of Pakistan....Pages 89-95
Zonation and distribution of creek and fringe mangroves in the semi-arid Kenyan coast....Pages 97-105
Mangroves of arid environments of Latin America....Pages 107-116
Mangroves of arid regions of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean....Pages 117-122
Ecological parameters of the mangroves of semi-arid regions of Mexico: Important for ecosystem management....Pages 123-132
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Mangrove ecosystem as soil, water and plant interactive system....Pages 135-143
Net primary production, biomass turnover and transpiration efficiency of Porterasai coarctata Takeoka in Sundarbans mangrove swamps, India....Pages 145-148
Study of biomass, litter fall and litter decomposition in managed and unmanaged mangrove forests of Andaman Islands....Pages 149-154
Macrobenthic invertebrates of mangrove, Avicennia marina (Forskal), and of intertidal flats of Khor Kalba, U.A.E., Gulf of Oman....Pages 155-161
Salt tolerant bacteria from the rhizosphere of mangrove plants....Pages 163-166
Age-specific survival, mortality and reproduction, and prospects for conservation of the salt-tolerant Limonium delicatulum ....Pages 167-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Influence of salinity on mangrove zonation....Pages 181-186
Effect of salinity on the growth of some mangrove plants in Bangladesh....Pages 187-192
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Diurnal water relations and the salt content of two contrasting mangroves growing in hypersaline soils in tropical-arid Australia....Pages 193-216
Physiological adaptations to different salinity levels in mangrove....Pages 217-224
Effect of available rooting volume on seedling growth....Pages 225-230
Soil aeration as an ecological factor governing mangrove zonation....Pages 231-236
Preliminary studies on the effect of different salinity levels on germination, growth and anatomy of mangrove ( Avicennia marina )....Pages 237-244
Interelement correlations in the mangrove, Rhizophora mangle L.....Pages 245-249
Biochemical changes induced by sodium carbonate and bicarbonate in the halophytes Suaeda maritima and Suaeda nudiflora of Tuticorin Coast....Pages 251-254
Preliminary studies of growth of Triglochin striata ....Pages 255-259
Chemical analysis of Atriplex species grown at Nubaria in a calcareous soil....Pages 261-263
Importance of mineral nutrient cycling for salinity tolerance of plants....Pages 265-277
Plant growth response to salt stress....Pages 279-291
Soil-plant-water relationships of Eclipta alba (Hassk.) in a salt-affected terrestrial ecosystem....Pages 293-305
Phytohormonal approach to salinity resistance....Pages 307-311
Elucidation of the role of osmoprotective compounds and osmoregulatory genes: The key role of bacteria....Pages 313-322
Germination response under elevated salinities of six semi-arid bluebush species (Western Australia)....Pages 323-338
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Constraints on the growth, propagation and utilization of mangroves in arid regions....Pages 341-352
Human impact on the mangrove of Khor Farasan Island, Southern Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia....Pages 353-361
Studies on the role of salt-tolerant plants in the formation and stabilization of coastal dunes of the deltaic Sunderbans, North-East coast of India....Pages 363-370
Development of an intertidal mangrove nursery and afforestation techniques along the Indian coast....Pages 371-378
Halophyte crops for direct salt water irrigation....Pages 379-385
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Adaptation of plants to saline conditions in arid regions....Pages 387-401
Salt-tolerant plants for the arid regions of the Mediterranean isoclimatic zone....Pages 403-422
On the ecology of Zygophyllum aegyptium in Egypt....Pages 423-433
The effect of soil salt content on the internal structure of Zygophyllum spp. in U.A.E.....Pages 435-441
Utilization of high salinity tolerant plants and saline water by desert animals....Pages 443-447
Australian experiences with high salinity diets for sheep....Pages 449-457
 Kochia : A new alternative for forage under high salinity conditions of Mexico....Pages 459-464
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Distribution pattern of soil microbial population in salt-affected soils....Pages 467-472
The effect of salinity on some halophilic soil fungi....Pages 473-477
Sulphur and irrigation management for salinity control in desert soils....Pages 479-483
Sodic soil reclamation....Pages 485-490
Salinity problems in acid sulfate coastal soils....Pages 491-500
Soils of the mangrove habitats in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands....Pages 501-509
Comprehensive analytical modeling of transient phreatic surface in arid regions....Pages 511-518
Back Matter....Pages 519-521