Improving crop productivity through saline agriculture : principles and practices
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London, England :
Koros
c2016
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The salt of the earth: hazardous for food production
- 2. Origin, classification and distribution of salt-affected soils
- 3. Sodic soils and their management
- 4. Salinity problems of the dryland regions
- 5. Socio-economic considerations in reclamation and management of salt-affected soils
- 6. Turning food into fuel: GM drought tolerant soybean and its use in the production of biodiesel
- 7. Soybean and salt
- 8. Engineering salt tolerance in crop plants
- 9. Growth and yield of corn irrigated with saline water
- 10. Soil salinity management guide
- 11. Breeding for abiotic stresses for sustainable agriculture
- 12. Biotechnology for climate change adaptation of crops
- 13. Options for developing salt-tolerant crops-- 14. Biotechnology with salinity for coping in problem soils
- 15. Osmogenetics : Aristotle to Arabidopsis