Developing saline agriculture: Moving from traits and genes to systems

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Barrett Lennard, E G ^a   Setter, T L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

crops; halophytes; land capability assessment; salinity; saltland; waterlogging

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT; HALOPHYTES; LAND CAPABILITY;

CROPS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

SALINE WATER;

ADAPTATION; CROP IMPROVEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HALOPHYTE; LAND EVALUATION; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALT WATER; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WATERLOGGING;

EID: 77954488961     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FPv37n7_FO     Document Type: Review

References (4)

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3. Nichols PGH, Malik AI, Stockdale M, Colmer TD (2009) Salt tolerance and avoidance mechanisms at germination of annual pasture legumes: importance for adaptation to saline environments. Plant and Soil 315, 241-255. doi:10.1007/s11104-008-9747-5
4. Qureshi RH, Barrett-Lennard EG (1998) 'Saline agriculture for irrigated land in Pakistan: a handbook. Monograph No. 50.' (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research: Canberra)