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Ecophysiology, Abiotic Stress Responses and Utilization of Halophytes

  • The first-ever book on halophytes and their potential uses
  • Highlights the latest advances in halophyte biology, ecology and potential uses
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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Halophyte Responses and Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses

    • Ganesh Chandrakant Nikalje, Kushi Yadav, Suprasanna Penna
    Pages 1-23
  3. Behavior of Halophytes and Their Tolerance Mechanism Under Different Abiotic Stresses

    • Asha Sharma, Pooja, Annu Devi, Chanchal Garg, Anita Kumari, Anita Mann et al.
    Pages 25-38
  4. Reactive Oxygen Species Production and Scavenging During Seed Germination of Halophytes

    • Aysha Rasheed, Sarwat Ghulam Rasool, Bilquees Gul, M. Ajmal Khan, Abdul Hameed
    Pages 63-81
  5. Halophyte Growth and Physiology Under Metal Toxicity

    • Anita Kumari, Sunita Sheokand, Pooja, Ashwani Kumar, Anita Mann, Neeraj Kumar et al.
    Pages 83-113
  6. Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defence Under Metal Toxicity in Halophytes

    • Anita Kumari, Vinod Goyal, Sunita Sheokand
    Pages 115-155
  7. Halophytic Microbiome in Ameliorating the Stress

    • Ahmad Mahmood, Ryota Kataoka, Oğuz Can Turgay, Ahmet Emre Yaprak
    Pages 171-194
  8. Economic Utilization and Potential of Halophytes

    • Sarita Devi, Ashwani Kumar, Sunder Singh Arya, Anita Kumari, Neeraj Kumar, Gurdev Chand et al.
    Pages 195-220
  9. Halophytes: Prospective Plants for Future

    • Ganesh Chandrakant Nikalje, Shelke Deepak Bhaskar, Kushi Yadav, Suprasanna Penna
    Pages 221-234
  10. Halophytes: The Plants of Therapeutic Medicine

    • Sunder Singh Arya, Sarita Devi, Kirpa Ram, Sunil Kumar, Naveen Kumar, Anita Mann et al.
    Pages 271-287
  11. Halophyte Species as a Source of Secondary Metabolites with Antioxidant Activity

    • Milan Stanković, Dragana Jakovljević, Marija Stojadinov, Zora Dajić Stevanović
    Pages 289-312
  12. Phytoamelioration of the Salt-Affected Soils Through Halophytes

    • Arvind Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Anita Mann, Geeta Devi, Hariom Sharma, Rachna Singh et al.
    Pages 313-326
  13. Multidisciplinary Studies on a Pilot Coastal Desert Modular Farm Growing Salicornia bigelovii in United Arab Emirates

    • Dionysia Angeliki Lyra, R. M. S. Al-Shihi, R. Nuqui, S. Μ. Robertson, A. Christiansen, S. Ramachandran et al.
    Pages 327-345
  14. Financial Analysis of Halophyte Cultivation in a Desert Environment Using Different Saline Water Resources for Irrigation

    • S. M. Robertson, Dionysia Angeliki Lyra, J. Mateo-Sagasta, S. Ismail, M. J. U. Akhtar
    Pages 347-364
  15. Halophytic Plant Diversity of Duzdag Area in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic: Azerbaijan

    • Nuri Vagif Movsumova, Sayyara Jamshid Ibadullayeva
    Pages 383-401

About this book

Halophytes are those plant species that can tolerate high salt concentrations. There are diversified species of halophytes suited for growth in various saline regions around the world, e.g. coastal saline soil, soils of mangrove forests, wetlands, marshlands, lands of arid and semiarid regions, and agricultural fields.  These plants can be grown in soil and water containing high salt concentrations and unsuitable for conventional crops, and can be good sources of food, fuel, fodder, fiber, essential oils, and medicine. Moreover, halophytes can be exploited as significant and major plant species for the desalination and restoration of saline soils, as well as phytoremediation. This book highlights recent advances in exploring the unique features of halophytes and their potential uses in our changing environment.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Mirza Hasanuzzaman

  • Department of Agricultural Botany, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Kamrun Nahar

  • Botany Department & Centre for Environmental Studies, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

    Münir Öztürk

About the editors

Dr. Mirza Hasanuzzaman is a Professor of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He completed his Ph.D. on ‘Plant Stress Physiology and Antioxidant Metabolism’ at Ehime University, Japan with a scholarship from the Japanese government. Later, he completed his postdoctoral research at the Center of Molecular Biosciences, University of the Ryukyus, Japan, as a recipient of a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) postdoctoral fellowship. He was also awarded the Australian Government’s Endeavour Research Fellowship for postdoctoral research as an Adjunct Senior Researcher at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Dr. Hasanuzzaman’s current work is focused on the physiological and molecular mechanisms of environmental stress tolerance (salinity, drought, flood, and heavy metals/metalloids). He has published over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals, edited six books and written 30 book chapters on important aspects of plant physiology,plant stress tolerance, and crop production. He is an editor and reviewer for more than 50 peer-reviewed international journals and was a recipient of the ‘Publons Peer Review Award 2017.’ He has been honored by various authorities for to his outstanding contributions to research and education, and received the World Academy of Science Young Scientist Award (2014).

Dr. Kamrun Nahar is an Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Botany at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She completed her Ph.D. on ‘Environmental Stress Physiology of Plants’ at Ehime University, Japan on a Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship in 2016. Dr. Nahar has been involved in research with field crops emphasizing stress physiology since 2006. She has completed several research projects funded by the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Research System and the Ministry of Science and Technology (Bangladesh). Dr. Nahar has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and books, including 50 articles and chapters related to plant physiology and environmental stresses with Springer, Elsevier, CRC Press, Wiley, etc. She is involved in editorial activities and serves as a reviewer for international journals. Further, she is an active member of over 20 professional societies.

Dr. Münir Öztürk (Ph.D.) completed his M.Sc. degree at Jammu & Kashmir University, Kashmir, and his Ph.D. & D.Sc. at Ege University Izmir, Turkey. Over the last 50 years, he has served in different positions at Ege University. Dr. Öztürk was elected as the “Vice President of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences” in 2017, and has received fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Society, Japanese Society for Promotion of Science, and National Science Foundation (USA). He is the Founding Director of the Centre for Environmental Studies at Ege University and has worked as a Consultant Fellow, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia and as Distinguished Visiting Scientist, ICCBS, Karachi University, Pakistan. His main fields of scientific interest are Plant Eco-Physiology; Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Conservation of Plant Diversity; Biosaline Agriculture and Crops; Pollution and Biomonitoring. He has published 40 books, 50 book chapters, and more than 200 papers in prominent journals.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecophysiology, Abiotic Stress Responses and Utilization of Halophytes

  • Editors: Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Kamrun Nahar, Münir Öztürk

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3762-8

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-3761-1Published: 29 April 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-3762-8Published: 12 April 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 401

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Soil Science & Conservation, Plant Ecology, Agriculture

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