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Agricultural Security Based on Halophyte Cultivation in Non-Conventional Saline Lands with Emphasis on Salicornia Plant
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Fatemeh Loni   , Nayer Azam Khoshkholgh Sima * |
| Department of of Molecular Physiology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran. |
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Abstract: (1157 Views) |
The world population is expected to reach 9 billion in 2050. As a result, providing food for this population is one of the biggest challenges facing the world community. Reclamation of polluted lands, use of saline water resources and agriculture in non-conventional salty soils, and use of numerous products to produce more food for the world's rising population are among the ways to contract with the threat of climate change. In the meantime, salinity is considered a big problem for agriculture in arid and semi-arid regions of the world, which causes land degradation, desertification, and reduced agricultural productivity. Recently, the concept of phytoremediation has received attention as a means of removing pollutants from the soil using plants. We can mention Halophytes among these plants. Salicornia (Salicornia spp.) is a halophyte plant with fleshy leaves that can absorb salt from the soil and store it in the leaf. This plant is known as a tactical plant due to its unique characteristics, such as high tolerance to salinity and the possibility of using salt water for irrigation. As the lack of cultivable agricultural lands in Iran, the use of Salicornia can add up to 5 million hectares to the country's agricultural lands by creating the potential of exploiting saline non-agricultural lands with the aim of plant treatment and using the country's unconventional and salty water resources. Considering the industrial and environmental applications of Salicornia, we can use this plant to create a new generation of the halophyte-based agricultural industry to create food security, which meets the requirements of the resistance economy. |
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| Keywords: Resistance Economy, Food Security, Plant Breeding, Salinity, Salicornia. |
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Type of Study: Review |
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Received: 2023/07/5 | Accepted: 2023/08/25 | Published: 2023/08/25
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