Importance of the diversity within the halophytes to agriculture and land management in arid and semiarid countries

HW Koyro, H Lieth, B Gul, R Ansari… - … ecosystems: volume IV …, 2014 - Springer
Freshwater resources will become limited in near future and it is necessary to develop
sustainable biological production systems, which can tolerate hyper-osmotic and hyper-ionic …

Current challenges and future opportunities for a sustainable utilization of halophytes

A Debez, B Huchzermeyer, C Abdelly… - … Ecosystems: Volume III …, 2010 - Springer
Increasing salinisation has significant and detrimental impacts on land, water and vegetation
quality, wildlife environments, agronomy and ecosystem functioning. This is particularly true …

Halophytes of Pakistan: characteristics, distribution and potential economic usages

MA Khan, M Qaiser - Sabkha ecosystems: volume II: west and central Asia, 2006 - Springer
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 …

From halophyte research to halophytes farming

KB Hamed, C Magné, C Abdelly - … : Volume IV: Cash Crop Halophyte and …, 2014 - Springer
The need for halophytes in saline agriculture is rising, as the increasing population seeks to
feed itself with ever-decreasing soil sources and dwindling freshwater supplies. Two main …

An ecological overview of halophytes from Pakistan

MA Khan - Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies: 10 Years after …, 2003 - Springer
In recent years there has been increasing recognition that the scarcity of fresh water and the
salinification of agricultural areas are becoming much more global problems. Both trends …

Halophytes of southwest Asia

SA Ghazanfar, E Altundag, AE Yaprak… - … ecosystems: Volume IV …, 2014 - Springer
In general, saline and arid environments are poor in species. A total of 728 taxa of
halophytes are recorded for SW Asia belonging to 68 families (compared to 117 plant …

Halophytes as cash crops for animal feeds in arid and semi-arid regions

HM El Shaer - Biosaline agriculture and salinity tolerance in plants, 2006 - Springer
Dry regions occupy more than one-third of the Earth's land area and are inhabited by
approximately 16% of the World's population. In the arid countries, population increase …

World Halophyte garden: Economic dividends with global significance

B Böer, MA Khan, KB Marcum - … : Volume IV: Cash Crop Halophyte and …, 2014 - Springer
Developing biosaline agriculture more intensively will result in seriously enhanced global
food-security, especially in dry land countries. It will assist generating jobs and income …

Halophytes and halophytic plant communities in the Arab region: Their potential as a rangeland resource

KH Batanouny - Halophytes as a resource for livestock and for …, 1994 - Springer
The Arab region is unique as regards the plants and plant life and the documentation of
traditional information about them. Written records date back fifteen centuries. This paper …

Halophytes in the East Mediterranean–their medicinal and other economical values

M Öztürk, V Altay, S Gucel, A Guvensen - Sabkha ecosystems: volume IV …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The East Mediterranean includes Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan and
Israel. It is a typical transition zone between the Saharo-Arabian desert biome and …