Global constraints on fresh water supplies and the need to dispose of agricultural, municipal,
and industrial waste waters have intensified interest in water reuse options. In many …

Publisher Summary The subject of salt tolerance has received a tremendous amount of
attention during the past two decades. The concept of developing salt-tolerant plants, even …

This publication opens with the inevitable introduction, moves on to the present traditional
approach to breeding for yield stability, and then enumerates a detailed discussion of the …

Data on the growth-promoting effects of Azospirillum on lettuce exposed to either normal or
saline conditions, is scarce. Lactuca sativa L., cv Mantecosa seeds were colonized with A …

This book covers the production, uses, botany, taxonomy, breeding, physiology, cultural
methods (field and protected cultivation), harvesting, pest and disease control, economics …

Efforts to develop new crop varieties with improved salt tolerance have been intensified over
the past 15–20 years. Despite the existence of genetic variation for salt tolerance within …

Salinity is an environmental component that usually reduces yield. Recent advances in the
understanding of salt effects on plants have not revealed a reliable physiological or …

Salinity is a rising concern in many lettuce-growing regions. Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is
sensitive to salinity, which reduces plant biomass, and causes leaf burn and early …

Salinity and nutrient-depleted soil are major constraints to crop production, especially for
vegetable crops. The effects of salinity and nutrient deficiency on spinach (Spinacia …

This review critically evaluates the strategies for selection of salt tolerant woody Australian
species for land reclamation. There is evidence that in selecting material to screen …