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Halophytes

A Phytoremediation Tool for Salt-Affected Soils with Special Reference to Indian Subcontinent

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Saline soil is an increasing global problem. Augmented levels of salt content in agricultural soils impart negative influences on germination, plant growth, and reproducibility. It also affects various biological processes, viz., nutrient balance, photosynthesis, respiration, membrane properties, metabolism, cellular homeostasis, enzymatic activity, and hormone regulation. All these changes lead to the assembly of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and in extreme stress plant death. This chapter shows how to face this problem using halophytes. Halophytes have some physiological adaptations which increases their endurance to survive in brine environments. Phytoremediation basically describes a practice where plants and associated soil microorganisms are used to decrease the heavy metal toxicity in the environment. It can also be exploited to expel the organic pollutants. Some halophytes used in this process are Atriplex triangularis, Suaeda glauca, Suaeda vera, Phragmites australis, and Tecticornia pergranulata.

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Mushtaq, W., Bedair, H., Shakeel, A. (2020). Halophytes. In: Grigore, MN. (eds) Handbook of Halophytes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17854-3_95-1

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