Soil salinization is an important global issue since marginal salt-affected soils have harmful
consequences in agriculture and ecosystems. This article reviews different sustainable …

Halophytes are plants of saline habitats that grow under conditions that may vary in
extremes of temperatures (freezing to very hot), water availability (drought to water logging) …

Cakile maritima (Brassicaceae) is a halophyte that thrives on dunes along the Tunisian
seashore. Besides its ecological interest for soil fixation, this plant produces seeds rich in …

General responses to salt stress have been investigated in the halophyte Plantago
crassifolia. Seed germination was strongly inhibited by NaCl, although seed viability and …

Sporobolus ioclados (Nees ex Trin.) Nees (Poaceae), a halophytic grass distributed in
coastal and inland regions of Pakistan, is a potential forage crop which could be grown in …

Fresh water resources are becoming increasingly limited and agricultural irrigation systems
will steadily increase in salinity in the near future. The time has come to develop sustainable …

Background and Aims Salinity can affect germination of seeds either by creating osmotic
potentials that prevent water uptake or by toxic effects of specific ions. Most studies have …

Halophyte seed germination, although displays a high degree of inter-and intra-specific
variability, shows some patterns in response to various environmental factors. Seeds of stem …

Effects of salinity, temperature, light and their interactions on the rate and final percentage of
germination were evaluated for the invasive shrub Prosopis juliflora, grown under arid …