Biosaline agriculture and salinity tolerance in plants : methods and protocols

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Munyinda, Kalaluka (Editor), Richard, Chanda (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Koros Press Limited c2016
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Soil on the Earth
  • 2. Plant materials for saline-alkaline soils
  • 3. Trees and shrubs that tolerate saline soils and salt spray drift
  • 4. Breeding for salt tolerance in rice
  • 5. Rootstock selection for improved salinity tolerance of avocado
  • 6. Salt of the Earth-how do plants cope?
  • 7. Salinity problems
  • 8. Infiltration problems
  • 9. Saline waters as resources
  • 10. Water quality assessment
  • 11. Criteria, standards and considerations in crop production
  • 12. Methods and models for assessing the suitability of saline water for irrigation and crop production
  • 13. Environment and ecological aspects
  • 14. Genotypic variation in seedling tolerance to aluminum toxicity in historical maize inbred lines of Zambia