Phytoremediation of saline soils for sustainable agricultural productivity

Plant Adaptation and Phytoremediation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 335-355

  Ashraf, M Yasin ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^b,c   Mahmood, Khalid ^a   Akhter, Javed ^a   Hussain, F ^a   Arshad, M ^d  

^a NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Cholistan Institute of Desert Studies Islamyia University   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Halophytes; Plant productivity; Salt removal; Salt tolerance; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864095049     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9370-7_15     Document Type: Chapter

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