Sabkha Ecosystems (eBook) von M. Ajmal Khan

1. Prospects of environmentally friendly farms for food security in hot and dry coastal areas based on seawater irrigation and waste products An inspirational proposal.- 2. Halophytic life in Brazilian salt flats: Biodiversity, uses and threats.- 3. Physiological ecology of psammophytic and halophytic plant species from coastal plains in northern South America.- 4. Morphophysiology and biochemistry ofProsopis strombulifera under salinity. Are halophytes tolerant to all salts?.- 5. A review of the North American halophyteSuaeda linearis (Ell.) Moq.- 6. Assessing seeds germination responses of Great Basin halophytes to various exogenous chemical treatments under saline conditions.- 7. Assessing seeds germination responses of Great Basin halophytes to various exogenous chemical treatments under saline conditions.- 8. THE IMPACT OF LAKE BONNEVILLE AND LAKE LAHONTAN ON THE HALOPHYTES OF THE GREAT BASIN.- 9. Halophytic flora of Argentina: A checklist and an analysis of its diversity.- 10. Coastal environments in the Bahía Blanca Estuary, Argentina.- 11.Sarcocornia magellanica (Phil.) M. A. Alonso& M. B. Crespo: A halophyte native of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) irrigated with sea water for human consumption and production of sheep meat.- 12. Design concept of a reverse osmosis reject irrigated landscape: Connecting source to sabkha.- 13. The seed bank of a hypersaline shrub community in the Bahamas.- 14. Salt contaminated water phytotreatment by constructed wetland.- 15. Agriculture and sheep production on Patagonian sabkas withSarcocornia neei, irrigated with sea water (Chubut - Argentina).- 16. Germination and growth ofPanicum virgatum in nacl gradient: Potential for restoration and biofuel production.- 17. Floristic diversity of halophytic plants of Mexico.- 18. Soil-plant relationships in the sabhkas of America.- 19. Effects of competition, salinity and disturbance on the growth ofPoa pratensis (KentuckyBluegrass) andPuccinellia nuttalliana (Nuttall's Alkaligrass).- 20. Ecophysiology of native species from Patagonian Monte, Argentina.- 21.Distichlis palmeri: An endemic grass in the coastal sabkhas of the northern Gulf of California and a potential new grain crop for saltwater agriculture.- 22. Effect by plant growth promoting bacteria (Azospirillum halopraeferensandKlebsiella pneumoniae) on lipid value in seeds of the halophyteSalicornia bigelovii Torr.- 23. Germination Factors and Influences on Button-wood,Conocarpus erectus, Combretaceae.- 24. Plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria associated to halophytes: Potential applications in agriculture.