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From page 17... ... This section will examine some of the littIe-known seed-bearing plants that grow in saline environments and their special characteristics, the use of foliage from salt-tolerant plants to produce leaf protein, some salt-tolerant fruits, and the performance of some conventional food crops with saline water. Of conventional crops, the only ones with halophytic ancestors are sugar-, fodder-, and culinary beets (all Beta vulgaris) Read the entire page →
From page 18... ... Along with significant technical impediments to the widespread use of saline resources for food production, social barriers may exist as well. Food preparation is one of mankind's most culture-bound activities. Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... Although the potential for growing a food crop directly in seawater is attractive, there are obstacles to broader cultivation of eeIgrass. Coastal deserts offer the best possibility, but tidal action is required; these grasses apparently cannot grow in stagnant water. Read the entire page →
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From page 32... ... In India, S persica occurs on saline soils and in coastal regions just above the high-water line. Read the entire page →
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From page 36... ... There is a need to collect and evaluate cultivars from lands where salt stress has been exerting selection pressure over long periods. In India, researchers at the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute have collected and evaluated more than 400 indigenous cultivars from salt-affected regions of the Indian subcontinent. Read the entire page →
From page 38... ... with wheat. Sand couch grows on the sand dunes of the Black Sea and can withstand salt concentrations that would be lethal for wheat. Read the entire page →
From page 39... ... 1987. Halophytic food crops for arid lands. Read the entire page →
From page 40... ... Arid Lands Newsletter 27:3-10. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, US. Read the entire page →
From page 41... ... 1987. Contributions of Australian acacias to human nutrition. Read the entire page →
From page 42... ... 1987. Leaf Protein and its By-product in Human arid Animal Nutrition. Read the entire page →
From page 43... ... 1979. Tic Iron arid Calcium Cor~cnt of Some Ihd~honal Pima Foods and the Facets of Preparation Methods. Read the entire page →
From page 44... ... 1987. Gene induction and repression by salt treatment in the roots of the salinity-sensitive Chinese Spring wheat and the salinitytolerant Chinese Spring x 131ytrigia elongate amphiploid. Read the entire page →
From page 45... ... Dov Pasternak, Institute for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University, Sede Boger 84990, Israel. James D Read the entire page →
From page 46... ... Felger, Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, US. Distichlis N Read the entire page →
From page 47... ... Felger, Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, US. Coccoloba uvifera Cent ro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenaz a, Turrialb a, Costa Rica. Read the entire page →
From page 48... ... S Rana, Genetics Research Center, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal 132001, India. Read the entire page →
From page 49... ... Tomato Yoel De Malach, Ramat Negev Regional Experimental Station, Doar Na Halutza 85515 Israel. Richard A Read the entire page →

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... This section will examine some of the littIe-known seed-bearing plants that grow in saline environments and their special characteristics, the use of foliage from salt-tolerant plants to produce leaf protein, some salt-tolerant fruits, and the performance of some conventional food crops with saline water. Of conventional crops, the only ones with halophytic ancestors are sugar-, fodder-, and culinary beets (all Beta vulgaris)

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Food
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