Halophyte Crop Irrigation

O Leary, J.W. (1984). The role of halophytes in irrigated agriculture. In Salinity Tolerance in Plants Strategies for Crop Improvement, ed. R.C. Staples and G.A. Toenniessen, pp. 285-300. New York John Wiley. 

Keywords Conventional crop irrigation concerns Halophyte irrigation... 

The irrigation requirements of halophytes should be similar to that of conventional crops, and the irrigation must not damage the soil... 

This oilseed is interesting because it is a halophyte capable of growing under irrigation with seawater (Glenn et al., 1991). Subtropical coastal desserts presently have little value in crop production. An oilseed crop that could grow under these conditions potentiaUy could make this almost worthless land agriculturally productive. The seed contain 28% oil and 31% protein. The fatty acid composition is 8% palmitate, 2% stearate, 12% oleate, 74% linoleate and 3% linolenate. Seed yields were superior to those of sunflower and soybean. 

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