Growth of Atriplex amnicola on salt-affected soils in Western Australia

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1257-1266

  Davidson, N J ^a,b   Galloway, R ^a   Lazarescu, G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CRC for Temperate Hardwood Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

drought; environmental heterogeneity; penetrability; salinity; soil strength; waterlogging

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX AMNICOLA; CHENOPODIACEAE;

DROUGHT; HALOPHYTE; SALINITY; WATERLOGGING;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030302426     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404768     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Aronson, J.A., Pasternak, D. & Danon, A. (1988) Introduction and first evaluation of 120 halophytes under seawater irrigation. Arid Lands Today and Tomorrow (eds E. E. Whitehead, C. F Hutchinson, B. N. Timmermann & R. G. Varady), pp. 737-746. Westview Press, Colorado.
2. Aslam, Z , Jeschke, W.D., Barrett-Lennard, E.G., Greenway, H. Setter, T L. & Watkin, E. (1986) Effects of external NaCl on the growth of Atriplex amnicola and the ion relations and carbohydrate status of the leaves Plant Cell and Environment, 9, 571-580.
3. Barrett-Lennard, E G., Bathgate, A. & Malcolm, C.V. (1992) Saltland agronomy in Western Australia - the present scene and directions for future research. Proceedings of the 5th Australian Soil Conservation Conference, Perth, Western Australia. Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Perth.
4. Belford, R.K., Dracup, M & Tennant, D (1992) Limitations to growth and yield of cereal and lupin crops on duplex soils Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 32, 929-945
5. Bernstein, L & Fireman, M (1957) Laboratory studies in salt distribution in furrow irrigated soil with special reference to the pre-emergence period. Soil Science, 83, 249-263.
6. Dracup, M., Belford, R.K. & Gregory, P.J. (1992) Constraints to root growth of wheat and lupin in duplex soil. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 32, 947-961.
7. Evans, G.N. & Levin, I (1969) The distribution of salt by infiltration of water into dry soil and sand. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 7, 21-27.
8. Galloway, R. & Davidson, N.J. (1993) The response of Atriplex amnicola to the interactive effects of salinity and hypoxia. Journal of Experimental Botany, 44, 653-663.
9. Greenway, H. & Munns, R. (1980) Mechanisms of salt tolerance in nonhalophytes. Annual Review of Plant Physiology, 31, 149-190.
10. Gregory, P.J., Tennant, D., Hamblin, A.P. & Eastham, J. (1992) Components of the water balance on duplex soils in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 32, 845-855.
11. House, M G. (1990) Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, Select Committee into Land Conservation. Discussion Paper No. 2.
12. Jones, R. & Hodgkinson, K.C. (1970) Root growth of rangeland chenopods: morphology and production of Atriplex nummularia and Atriplex vesicaria. The Biology of Atriplex (ed. R. Jones), pp. 77-85. CSIRO, Canberra.
13. Mahmood, T., Qureshi, R.H., Aslam, M. & Qadir, M. (1993) Establishment and growth of A triplex amnicola planted in different seasons and at different heights on the side of raised banks. ACIAR Proceedings No. 42 (eds N. J. Davidson & R. Galloway), pp. 104-106. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Press, Canberra.
14. Malcolm, C V. (1983) Wheatbelt salinity. A review of the salt land problem in South-Western Australia Western Australian Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin No. 52. Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Perth.
15. Malcolm, C.V. (1986) Grazing and management of saltland shrubs. Journal of Agriculture of Western Australia, 27, 59-63.
16. Malcolm, C V. (1989) Forage shrub production on salt-affected soils. The Biology and Utilisation of Shrubs (ed. C. M. McKell), pp. 553-574. Academic Press, New York.
17. Malcolm, C.V. (1990) Rehabilitation agronomy - guidelines for revegetating degraded land. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia, 16, 551-556.
18. Malcolm, C.V. & Allen, R.J. (1981) The Mallen Niche Seeder for plant establishment on difficult sites, Australian Rangeland Journal, 3, 106-109.
19. Malcolm, C V., Clarke, A.J & Swaan, T C (1984) Plant collections for saltland revegetation and soil conservation. Western Australian Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin No. 65. Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Perth.
20. Malcolm, C.V. Swaan, T.C. & Ridings, H.I. (1980) Niche Seeding for broad scale forage shrub establishment on saline soils. International Symposium of Salt-affected Soils, pp. 539-544. Karnal, India
21. Mendelssohn, I.A. & McKee, K.L. (1988) Spartina alterniflora die-back in Louisiana time-course investigation of soil waterlogging effects. Journal of Ecology, 76, 509-521.
22. Northcote, K.H. (1979) A Factual Key for the Recognition of Australian Soils Rellim Technical Publications Glenside, South Australia.
23. Nulsen, R.A (1981) Critical depth to saline groundwater in non-irrigated situations Australian Journal of Soil Research, 19, 83-86
24. Nulsen, R.A, Bligh, K.J., Baxter, I N., Solin, E.J. & Imrie, D H (1986) The fate of rainfall in a mallee and heath vegetated catchment in southern Western Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology, 11, 361-371.
25. Passioura, J.B. (1992) Overview of the processes limiting crop production on duplex soils. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 32, 987-990.
26. Qureshi, R.H, Aslam, M. & Rafiq, M. (1993) Expansion in the use of forage halophytes in Pakistan. ACIAR Proceedings No. 42 (eds N. J. Davidson & R. Galloway), pp. 12-16. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Press, Canberra.
27. Smith, S.T. & Stoneman, T.C. (1970) Salt movement in bare saline soils. Western Australian Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin No. 4. Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Perth.
28. Talsma, T. (1966) The effect of soil physical condition on reclamation of saline land. Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, Sixth Congress, New Delhi, pp. 1983-1991.
29. Teakle, L.J.H. & Burvill, G.H. (1938) The movement of soluble salts under light rainfall conditions. Journal of Agriculture of Western Australia (Second Series), 15, 218-245.
30. Tennant, D. Scholz, G., Dixon, J. & Purdie, B. (1992) Physical and chemical characteristics of duplex soils and their distribution in the southwest of Western Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 32, 827-843.
31. Watson, M C., O'Leary, J.W. & Glenn, E.P. (1987) Evaluation of Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Wats. & Atriplex nummularia Lindl. as irrigated forage crops. Journal of Arid Environments, 13, 293-303.
32. Western Australian Department of Agriculture (1988) Salinity in Western Australia, a situation statement. Western Australian Department of Agriculture Technical Report No. 81. Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Perth.
33. Williamson, D.R., Stokes, R.A. & Ruprecht, J.K. (1987) Response of input and output of water and chloride to clearing for agriculture. Journal of Hydrology, Amsterdam, 94, 1-28.
34. Wood, W.E. (1924) Increase, in salt in soil and streams following the destruction of native vegetation. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 10, 35-47.