Biosaline Agriculture and High Salinity Tolerance 1st Edition by Chedly Abdelly, Munir Ozturk, Muhammad Ashraf, Claude Grignon ISBN 3764385545 9783764385545

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ISBN 10: 3764385545

ISBN 13: 9783764385545 

Author: Chedly Abdelly, Münir Öztürk, Muhammad Ashraf, Claude Grignon

A major threat to agricultural productivity worldwide is undoubtedly due to environments with stressful factors including drought, salinity, waterlogging, extreme temperatures, non-optimal levels of mineral nutrients etc. Based on contributions presented at the International Conference on Biosaline Agriculture and High Salinity Tolerance in November 2006 in Gammarth, Tunisia, this book reviews the current state of knowledge in biosaline agriculture and high salinity tolerance in plants. It mainly focuses on the biotic approach to economically utilize the stress-prone areas by growing resistant plants.

This volume comprises three sections: physiology and biochemistry, ecology, and molecular biology. Thus, a systematic approach has been adopted to uncover plant responses to various ecological factors at physiological and molecular levels.

It is of interest to students, researchers and professionals in plant physiology, molecular biology, biotechnology, agriculture, soil science, and environmental biology.

Table of contents:

Physiology and Biochemistry

• Survival at extreme locations: Life strategies of halophytes

• Growth enhancement in two potential cereal crops, maize and wheat, by exogenous application of glycinebetaine

• In vitro tissue culture approaches for the study of salt stress in citrus

• Seawater effects on antioxidant production in berries of three cultivars of tomato

• Identification of morphological, biochemical and physiological parameters for characterizing nutritional stress status

• Seawater irrigation: Effects on growth and nutrient uptake of sunflower plants

• Diversity in the response of two potential halophytes to salt stress

• Differential effects of sodium salts on the germination of a native halophytic species

• Growth and nitrogen-fixing performances of medicago truncatula-Sinorhizobium meliloti symbioses under salt stress

• Physiological responses of two arabidopsis thaliana isolates to different salts

• Physiology of salt tolerance in Atriplex halimus L.

• Comparison of salinity tolerance of two related subspecies of Beta vulgaris

• Salinity influence on soil microbial population metabolism and enzymatic activities

Ecology

• Halophyte plant diversity in the Irano-Turanian phytogeographical region of Turkey

• Potential use of halophytes with emphasis on fodder production in coastal areas of Pakistan

• Role of seed banks in the dynamics of desert communities

• Study of kochia (Kochia scoparia) as a forage crop

• Biodiversity of plant species and adaptation to drought and salt conditions

• Potentiality of salt marshes in Mediterranean coastal zone of Egypt

• Studies on the halophyte desert vegetation in the Northern Caspian Region

• Halophyte utilization for biodiversity and productivity of degraded pasture restoration

• Selection of a halophyte for bioreclamation of salt-affected soils

• New approaches for biosaline agriculture development

• Computer-supported system for risk assessment and action recommendation for water objects

Molecular Biology

• Functional genomics to discover genes for salt tolerance in annual and perennial plants

• Molecular analyses of a dehydration-related gene from the DREB family in durum, wheat and triticale

• Expression analysis of salt stress responsive genes in grapevines

• Molecular biology and transport properties of grapevine Na+/H+ antiporter

• Opposite lipid signaling pathways control proline accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana and Thellungiella halophila

• Cadmium and copper genotoxicity in plants

• Effect of salinity on growth, leaf-phenolic content and antioxidant scavenging activity in Cynara cardunculus L.

Closing Remarks

• Contributions to the 2006 meeting on sustainable utilization of cash crop halophytes in Tunis

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