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In order to assess its usefulness in increasing forage production on saline wastelands, seed germination and seedling growth of highly salt-tolerant grass Sporobolus madraspatanus growing in Gujarat were studied. Seed germinability up to 16 dS m−1, its ability to grow in 32 dS m−1 seawater and greater accumulation of organic solutes such as alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, proline, sugars and of inorganic ions Na+ and Cl− in leaves, stems and roots of 61-day-old plants collectively showed its reasonably good growth in saline condition. Thus, Sporobolus madraspatanus could be a vital resource component of the cash crop halophytes.
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Joshi, A.J., Misra, M. (2003). Halophytic grasses as vital components of cash crop halophytes: Sporobolus madraspatanus Bor.. In: Lieth, H., Mochtchenko, M. (eds) Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies. Tasks for Vegetation Science, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0211-9_19
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