Species, types, distribution, and economic potential of halophytes in China

Autor: Jinping Liu, Jie Song, Ke-Fu Zhao, Meng Zhao, Gu Feng
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Plant and Soil. 342:495-509
ISSN: 1573-5036
0032-079X
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0470-7
Popis: According to a survey conducted from 1995 to 2004 in the eight regions with salinized soils, China contains 587 halophytes representing 242 genera and 71 families: apart from three species of ferns, all are angiosperms. Physiologically, Chinese halophytes include salt-secreting halophytes, euhalophytes, and pseudohalophytes. Ecologically, Chinese halophytes include zerohalophytes, mesohalophytes, and hydrohalophytes. Chinese halophytes represent a salt-tolerant gene pool that might be used to increase the salt tolerance of conventional crops through breeding, but also have considerable potential as salt-tolerant economic crops providing food, forage, medicine, and industrial material in salinized soils.
Databáze: OpenAIRE