Growth, water use and salt uptake of four halophytes irrigated with highly saline water

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-159

  Miyamoto, S ^a   Glenn, E P ^b   Olsen, M W ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 2601 West Airport Drive   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Halophytes; Lysimeter; Salt uptake; Water use

Indexed keywords

HALOPHYTE; IRRIGATION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; WATER USE;

ATRIPLEX NUMMULARIA; BATIS MARITIMA; DISTICHLIS PALMERI; SUAEDA ESTEROA;

EID: 0029750276     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0013     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Barrett-Lennard, E.G., Malcolm, C.V., Stern, W.R. & Wilkens, S.M. (Eds) (1986). Forage and Fuel Production from Salt Affected Wasteland. New York: Elsevier. 459 pp.
2. Boyko, H. (1966). Salinity and Aridity. The H ague: W. Junk Pub. 281 pp.
3. de Wit, C.T. (1958). Transpiration and crop yields. Vrsl. Land bouwkd Ondevz, 664: 590-584.
4. Flowers, T.J. (1972). Salt tolerance in Suaeda maritima (L.) Dum. Journal of Experimental Botany, 23: 310-321.
5. Flowers, T.J. & Yeo, A.R. (1986). Ion relations of plants under drought and salinity. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 13: 75-91.
6. Gale, J. & Poljakoff-Mayber, A. (1970). Interrelations between growth and photosynthesis of salt bush (A triplex halimus L.) grown in saline media. Australian Journal of Biological Science, 23: 937-945.
7. Gale, J., Naaman, R. & Poljakoff-Mayber, A. (1970). Growth of A triplex halimus L. in sodium chloride salinated culture solutions as affected by the relative humidity of the air. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences, 23: 947-952.
8. Glenn, E.P. & O'Leary, J.W. (1985). Productivity and irrigation requirements of halophytes grown with seawater in the Sonoran Desert. Journal of Arid Environments, 9: 81-91.
9. Glenn, E.P., O'Leary, J.W., Watson, M.C., Thompson, T.L. & Kuehl, R.O. (1991). Salicornia bigelovii Torr.: an oilseed halophyte for seawater irrigation. Science, 251: 1065-1067.
10. Glenn, E.P., Olsen, M .W., Frye, R.J. & Moore, D.W. (1994). How much sodium accumulation is necessary for salt tolerance in subspecies of the halophyte A triplex canescens? Plant, Cell and Environment, 17: 711-719.
11. Hanks, R.J. (1983). Yield and water use relationships: an overview. In: Taylor, H.M., Jordan, W.R. & Sinclair, T.R. (Eds), Limitations to Efficient Water Use in Crop Production, pp. 393-411. Madison, Wisconsin: American Society of Agronomy. 538 pp.
12. Le Houérou, H.N. (1993). Salt-tolerant plants for the arid regions of the Mediterranean isoclimatic zone. In: Lieth, H. & Al Masoom, A. (Eds), Towards the Rational Use of High Salinity Tolerant Plants, Vol 1, pp. 403-422. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 520 pp.
13. Miyamoto, S. (1993). Water use and potential irrigation scheduling of halophytes. In: Halophyte Utilization in Agriculture, pp. 99-146. Agadir, Morocco: Bari-Institute.