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This volume elucidates new aspects of the problems faced in utilization of salt tolerant plants as a resource for livestock. It also explores the roles of halophytes in the rehabilitation of degraded lands, especially in the world's drier regions. It aims to develop a better understanding of the role of halophytes and the measures that can be taken to promote their better use so as to ensure maximum benefits, including the conservation of biodiversity.
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| List of contributors | |
| Overview of problems and prospects for utilizing halophytes as a resource for livestock and for rehabilitation of degraded lands | p. 1 |
| Global distribution and potential for halophytes | p. 7 |
| Salt affected soils as the ecosystem for halophytes | p. 19 |
| Use of halophyte forages for rehabilitation of degraded lands | p. 25 |
| Utilization of halophytic plants for fodder production with brackish water in subtropic deserts | p. 43 |
| Utilization of halophytes by livestock on rangelands: Problems and prospects | p. 77 |
| Halophytes in mixed feeds for livestock | p. 97 |
| Halophytic shrubs in semi-arid regions of Australia: Value for grazing and land stabilization | p. 101 |
| Halophytes and halophytic plant communities in Inner-Asia | p. 115 |
| Forage halophytes and salt-tolerant fodder crops in the Mediterranean Basin | p. 123 |
| Halophytes and halophytic plant communities in the Arab region: Their potential as a rangeland resource | p. 139 |
| North American halophytes: Potential use in animal husbandry | p. 165 |
| Halophytes as a resource for livestock husbandry in South America | p. 175 |
| Halophytic coastal marsh vegetation in East Africa | p. 201 |
| Halophytes of the Indian desert-communities on the various 'ranns' | p. 211 |
| Banni grasslands and halophytes: A case study from India | p. 217 |
| Potentials for cultivation of halophytic crops on saline wastelands and sandy deserts in Pakistan to overcome feed gap for grazing animals | p. 223 |
| Forage production from salt-affected and water-logged areas in Punjab, Pakistan: A case study | p. 231 |
| Prospects for saltbush (Atriplex spp.) as animal feed in irrigated and marginal lands in Sudan | p. 235 |
| Halophytes and desertification control in Iraq | p. 239 |
| Feed value of some halophytic range plants of arid regions of Iran | p. 249 |
| Use of edible shrubs in pasture improvement under Mediterranean environment in northern Syria | p. 255 |
| The potential economic use of halophytes for agricultural development of southern Morocco | p. 259 |
| Production from grazing sheep on revegetated saltland in Western Australia | p. 263 |
| Impacts of halophytes on animal health and nutrition | p. 267 |
| Small ruminant feeding trials on the Arabian peninsula with Salicornia bigelovii Torr | p. 273 |
| Effect of feeding Atriplex amnicola on growth and carcass quality of dwarf goats | p. 277 |
| Halophytes as animal feeds in the Egyptian deserts | p. 281 |
| Alhagi sparsifolia Schap: A potentially utilizable forage in saline soil | p. 285 |
| Massive propagation of halophytes (Distichlis spicata and Tamarix spp.) on the highly saline-alkaline soils in the ex-Lake Texcoco, Mexico | p. 289 |
| Vetiver grass, its potential in the stabilisation and rehabilitation of degraded saline land | p. 293 |
| Some features of salt tolerance in Senna (Cassia acutifolia), in Sudan | p. 297 |
| Characterization of progeny clones belonging to natural Sicilian Atriplex halimus populations | p. 303 |
| Key words index | p. 311 |
| Author Index | p. 316 |
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ISBN: 9780792326649
ISBN-10: 0792326644
Series: Tasks for Vegetation Science
Audience:
General
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 332
Published: 30th September 1994
Dimensions (cm): 25.4 x 17.8
x 1.9
Weight (kg): 0.799
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