Helping crops stand up to salt
Journal Article
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· High Technol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5304353
A new approach to the problem of increasing soil salinity is to raise salt-tolerant plants. The search for such plants involves finding new applications for naturally occurring salt-resistant plants (halophytes), using conventional breeding techniques to identify and strengthen crop varieties known to have better-than-average salt tolerance, and applying recombinant DNA methods to introduce salt resistance into existing plants. One promising plant is salicornia, which produces oil high in polyunsaturates at a greater yield than soybeans. Two varieties of atriplex yield as much animal feed as alfalfa and can be harvested several times a year. Seed companies are supporting the research.
- OSTI ID:
- 5304353
- Journal Information:
- High Technol.; (United States), Vol. 5:5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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