Halophytic crops: A resource for the future to reduce the water crisis?

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Koyro, Hans Werner ^a   Khan, M Ajmal ^c   Lieth, Helmut ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Breeding; Cash crop halophytes; Halophytes; Salt resistance; Sustainable use; Water crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857588854     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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