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Biosaline Agriculture and Salinity Tolerance in Plants pp 55–63Cite as

Salt effect on growth, photosynthesis, seed yield and oil composition of the potential crop halophyte Cakile maritima

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Salinity is an extending environmental issue which compromises the long-term sustainability of agriculture, especially in the coastal semi-arid areas [1]. This is the case in Tunisia, where the semi-arid Mediterranean climate prevails (mean annual precipitation of 200–700 mm). Subsequently, around 10% of the whole territory would be salt-affected [2]. Halophytes have evolved a wide range of attributes (morphological, physiological and biochemical) allowing them to tolerate the presence of salt in the medium [3]. Besides, several studies suggest that these plants are potentially useful for ecological and economical purposes [4].

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  1. Laboratoire d’Adaptation des Plantes aux Stress Abiotiques, INRST, BP 95, Hammam-Lif, 2050, Tunisia

    Ahmed Debez, Dhouha Saadaoui, Zeineb Ouerghi & Chedly Abdelly

  2. Laboratoire de Caractérisation et Qualité de l’Huile d’Olive, INRST, BP 95, Hammam-Lif, 2050, Tunisia

    Wael Taamalli & Mokhtar Zarrouk

  3. Institut für Botanik, Universität Hannover, Herrenhäuserstr. 2, 30419, Hannover, Germany

    Bernhard Huchzermeyer

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  1. Center for Environmental Studies, Science Faculty Building A-Blok, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir-Turkey

    Münir Öztürk

  2. Department of Plant Sciences, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Yoav Waisel

  3. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan

    M. Ajmal Khan

  4. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Mugla University, Mugla-Turkey

    Güven Görk

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Debez, A. et al. (2006). Salt effect on growth, photosynthesis, seed yield and oil composition of the potential crop halophyte Cakile maritima . In: Öztürk, M., Waisel, Y., Khan, M.A., Görk, G. (eds) Biosaline Agriculture and Salinity Tolerance in Plants. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7610-4_6

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