Halophytes and Climate Change: Adaptive Mechanisms and Potential Uses

By: Ashwani Kumar and Neeraj Kumar and Arvind Kumar and Gary Stephan Banuelos and Ulrich Lüttge and M. Ajmal Khan and Bilquees Gul and Marius-Nicusor Grigore and Adam Kapler and Sarita Devi and Anita Kumari and Babita Rani and Anita Mann and Sunder Singh Arya and Pooja and Gurdev Chand and Zora Dajic Stevanovic and Svetlana Acic and Danijela Steševic and Milica Lukovic and Urban Šilc and Pascal Tabi Tabot and Janine Barbara Adams and Lourdes Rubio and José A. Fernández and Aysha Rasheed and Farah Nisar and Abdul Hameed and Brant W. Touchette and Doongar R. Chaudhary and Dragana Rancic and Ilinka Pecinar and Ewa Surówka and Marta Libik-Konieczny and Zbigniew Miszalski and Dariusz Latowski and Shubham Lamba and Pratima Kumar and Hermann Bothe and Mariana Reginato and Analía Llanes and Virginia Luna and Jennifer Mesa-Marin and Enrique Mateos-Naranjo and Susana Redondo-Gomez and Ignacio D. Rodríguez-Llorente and Eloisa Pajuelo and Dhouha Belhadj Sghaier and Noomene Sleimi and Sílvia Pedro and Bernardo Duarte and Romina Cannata and Roberto Barbato and Rajesh Kumar Jha and Jaykumar Patel and Avinash Mishra and Bhavanath Jha and Asish Kumar Parida and Asha Kumari and Jaykumar Rangani and Monika Patel and Tiziana Centofanti and Milan S. Stankovic and Jovana Stankovic and Pedja Janackovic and Miroslava Stankovic and Ana Rita Matos and João Carlos Marques and Isabel Cacador

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Synopsis: This book contains current knowledge and the most recent developments in the field of halophyte biology, ecology, and potential uses. Halophytes are characterised as plants that can survive and complete their life cycle in highly saline environments. This book explores the adaptive mechanisms and special features of halophytes that allow them to grow in environments that are unsuitable for conventional crops and considers their role as a source of food, fuel, fodder, fibre, essential oils, and medicines. Halophytes and Climate Change includes coverage of: - Special morphological, anatomical, and physiological features of halophytes - Ion accumulation patterns and homeostasis in halophytes - Potential use of halophytes in the remediation of saline soil - Growth and physiological response and tolerance to toxicity and drought - Mangrove ecology, physiology, and adaptation Written by a team of international authors and presented in full colour, this book is an essential resource for researchers in the fields of plant physiology, ecology, soil science, environmental science, botany, and agriculture.